Meritocracy and its discontents : anxiety and the national college entrance exam in China /

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Author / Creator:	Howlett, Zachary M., 1976- author.
Imprint:	Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2021. ©2021
Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Gaokao (Educational test) -- Social aspects. Universities and colleges -- China -- Entrance examinations. Achievement tests -- China. Achievement tests Universities and colleges -- Entrance examinations China Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13361420

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ISBN:	9781501754449 1501754440 9781501754456 1501754459 9781501754432 9781501754463
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 25, 2021).
Summary:	"An ethnography of the National College Entrance Examination, the Gaokao, in contemporary China. Discusses the exam as a fateful rite of passage that justifies and reinforces social inequality and the myth of meritocracy while enabling people to personify the cultural virtues of diligence, grit, composure, and divine favor or luck"--
Other form:	Print version: Howlett, Zachary M., 1976- Meritocracy and its discontents Ithaca [New York] : Cornell University Press, 2021. 9781501754432

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