Fragile Elite
Susanne Bregnbaek
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Description for Fragile Elite
Hardback. Series: Anthropology of Policy. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL3; JNMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
China's One Child Policy and its rigorous national focus on educational testing are well known. But what happens to those "lucky" few at the very top of the pyramid: elite university students in China who grew up under the One Child Policy and now attend the nation's most prestigious universities? How do they feel about having made it to the top of an extremely competitive educational system—as their parents' only child? What pressures do they face, and how do they cope with the expectations associated with being the best?
Fragile Elite explores the contradictions and perplexities of being an elite ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Series
Anthropology of Policy
Number of Pages
184
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804796071
SKU
V9780804796071
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About Susanne Bregnbaek
Susanne Bregnbæk is Lecturer in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen.
Reviews for Fragile Elite
"For elite students in China's top universities, academic success often exacerbates the existential dilemma of achieving personal goals or sacrificing one's own aspirations for the good of one's family or the state. Bregnbaek brilliantly describes how these quandaries are variously experienced and negotiated, throwing new light on changing Chinese conceptions of filial piety, state control, and personal freedom."
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