Acknowledgments
1. Introduction
Problematic Experience, Power, and Emotion
Assumptions
Methodological Specifics
Research on Infant Day Care
Summary
2. Theoretical and Philosophical Perspective
Hermeneutic, Existential Phenomenology
Symbolic Interactionism
Critical Theory
Feminism
Postmodernism
Summary
3. Power
Spatial Regime
Disciplinary Time
Caregiver Power/Children's Play
Resistance
Extractive Versus Development Power
A Day in the Life of a Toddler
Children's Place in the Social World of Day Care
Summary
4. Emotion
Objectification and Seriality
Child Care as Emotional Labor
Child Care as Alienated Labor
Unsurpassable Childhoods
Summary
5. Emotionally Responsive, Empowering Child Care
The Concept of Responsive Caregiving
The Child in Child Care
Reciprocity
Empathy
Images of Emotionally Responsive, Empowering Caregiving
The Center as a Setting for Responsive Care
Summary
6. Infant-Toddler Day Care: Review, Reflections, and Directions
Review
Reflections
Directions
Conclusion
Appendix: The Credibility of Interpretive Studies
Notes
References