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Being Modern in China

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Being Modern in ChinaExplore the fascinating intersection of modernity and tradition in contemporary China with this insightful book. Authored by renowned ethnographer Paul Willis, who is celebrated for his groundbreaking work 'Learning to Labour', this engaging analysis delves into how the Chinese educational landscape reflects broader societal transformations. The narrative reveals the cultural dynamics at play, where mass migrationboth physical and ideologicalhas

Explore the fascinating intersection of modernity and tradition in contemporary China with this insightful book. Authored by renowned ethnographer Paul Willis, who is celebrated for his groundbreaking work 'Learning to Labour', this engaging analysis delves into how the Chinese educational landscape reflects broader societal transformations. The narrative reveals the cultural dynamics at play, where mass migration—both physical and ideological—has redefined values and everyday experiences across urban and rural landscapes in China.

As China undergoes rapid economic growth, propelled by a massive educational expansion, the school system emerges as a critical cultural stage. Here, students grapple with performance pressures, embodying the dualities of aspiration and disillusionment shaped by a rapidly changing society. This book unfolds the dramatic interplay between traditional values and modern aspirations, illustrating how the glorification of urban life, consumer culture, and digital technologies like smartphones and the internet shape youth identity and social norms.

With an ISBN of 9781509538317 and published by John Wiley & Sons in 2019, this book stands as a significant resource for scholars, students, and anyone interested in understanding the complex narratives woven through China's educational experiences. Perfect for those seeking to understand how history informs current cultural trends, offering vital insights into the exam-driven culture, collective ideologies, and the future-oriented aspirations of a nation.

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ISBN: 9781509538317
Year: 2019
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (UK)


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This book analyses modernity and tradition in China today and how they combine in striking ways in the Chinese school. Paul Willis “ the leading ethnographer and author of Learning to Labour “ shows how China has undergone an internal migration not only of masses of workers but also of a mental and ideological kind to new cultural landscapes of meaning, which include worship of the glorified city, devotion to consumerism, and fixation upon the smartphone and the internet


Massive educational expansion has been a precondition for explosive economic growth and technical development, but at the same time the school provides a cultural stage for personal and collective experience. In its closed walls and the inescapability of its ˜scores™, an astonishing drama plays out between the new and the old, with a tapestry of intricate human meanings woven of small tragedies and triumphs, secret promises and felt betrayals, helping to produce not only exam results but cultural orientations and occupational destinies


By exploring the cultural dimension of everyday experience as it is lived out in the school, this book sheds new light on the enormous transformations that have swept through China and created the kind of society that it is today: a society that is obsessed with the future and at the same time structured by and in continuous dialogue with its past.
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