{"product_id":"educating-the-chinese-individual-9780295994093","title":"Educating the Chinese Individual","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEducating the Chinese Individual\u003c\/i\u003e is an ethnographically rich and stimulating study. It enriches our knowledge about a relatively under-studied group—rural youth and young teachers—in a marginal setting. It challenges some common assumptions of the changing landscape of school education and everyday cultural practice of the younger generations in post-socialist China. . . . This book will attract a wide readership in educational studies but will also appeal to audiences in sociology and anthropology who are interested in social change and youth culture in contemporary China.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Xuan Dong * The China Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[E]xcellent. . . . [T]his ethnography is a fine depiction of a slice of life in China today. The important issues it handles show the value of having more ethnographies of Chinese secondary schools, including studies of first-tier, vocational, and urban high schools from many parts of the country.\"\u003c\/p\u003e -- Andrew B. Kipnis * The China Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Chinese Education and Processes of Individualization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Discipline and Agency: Quests for Individual Space \u003cbr\u003e 2. Text and Truth: Visions of the Learned Person and Good Citizen \u003cbr\u003e 3. Hierarchy and Democracy: Controlled Rise of the Individual \u003cbr\u003e 4. Motivation and Examination: The Making and Breaking of the Individual \u003cbr\u003e 5. Dreams and Dedications: Teachers’ Views and the Construction of a Generation Gap \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Authoritarian Individualization \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary of Chinese Names and Terms \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Washington Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400928600407,"sku":"9780295994093","price":33.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780295994093.jpg?v=1730471965","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/educating-the-chinese-individual-9780295994093","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}