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ERIC Number: EJ1367949
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Mar
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-7761
EISSN: EISSN-1548-1492
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Gaokao Warriors: Diligent Struggle in China's College Entrance Exam
Anthropology & Education Quarterly, v54 n1 p22-39 Mar 2023
Those who compete in the Gaokao, China's College Entrance Exam, are often referred to as Gaokao zhanshi, or warriors. Based on long-term ethnographic research, this article examines how Gaokao warriors combine two types of agency that are conventionally considered contradictory: the docile cultivation of virtue and the struggle against social marginalization. I argue that analyzing this nuli fendou, or diligent struggle, can contribute to a more complex understanding of the Gaokao and similar educational competitions.
Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www-wiley-com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-us
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: China
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