In twenty-first-century China, socialist educational traditions have given way to practices that increasingly emphasize the individual. This volume investigates that trend, drawing on Hansen's fieldwork in a rural high school in Zhejiang where students, teachers, and officials of different generations, genders, and social backgrounds form what is essentially a miniature version of Chinese society. Hansen paints a complex picture of the emerging “neosocialist” educational system and shows how individualization of students both challenges and reinforces state control of society.
- ISBN10 0295994088
- ISBN13 9780295994086
- Publish Date 1 January 2015
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Washington Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 240
- Language English