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"Changing fate" : education, poverty and family support in contemporary Chinese society
- Title
- "Changing fate" : education, poverty and family support in contemporary Chinese society / Helena Obendiek.
- Author
- Obendiek, Helena, 1963-
- Publication
- Berlin : Lit Verlag, 2016.
- ©2016.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LC191.8.C52 H856 2016 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 238 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Halle studies in the anthropology of Eurasia ; volume 33
- Uniform Title
- Halle studies in the anthropology of Eurasia ; v. 33.
- Alternative Title
- Changing fate
- Subject
- Education > Social aspects > China > Huining Xian
- Education > Parent participation > China > Huining Xian
- Educational mobility > China > Huining Xian
- Education > Parent participation
- Education > Social aspects
- Educational mobility
- Landbevölkerung
- Familie
- Armut
- Bildung
- Vertikale Mobilität
- Sozialer Aufstieg
- China > Huining Xian
- China
- Gansu
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Education and Social Support -- Fieldwork Conditions -- Chapter Outline -- 2.Setting the Scene -- On the Loess Plateau -- At the Turning Point (1977) -- Changed Conditions (after 1997) -- Conclusion -- 3.Parental Hope -- Dimensions of Parental Hope -- Gender, Education, and Elderly Support -- The Essence of Parental Hope -- Conclusion -- 4.The `Backbone of Support': Siblings, Uncles, and Aunts -- The Early Graduates -- The Zhao Family -- Relatedness and Conditions of Sibling Support -- Current Students, Recent Graduates, and their Siblings -- Conclusion -- 5.Motivations to Study -- Impressions of Early Schooling -- `Earning Recognition' and `Changing Fate' -- The Application `Lottery' -- Enrolment Celebrations -- Conclusion -- 6.University -- Experiencing `Small Scale Society' -- Disillusions -- Inequality in the Classroom -- Experiences of Campus Life -- Conclusion -- 7.Entering Society -- Pathways into the Labour Market
- Note continued: County Fellows as a Resource -- Conclusion -- 8.Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 3643908512
- 9783643908513
- OCLC
- ocn963352435
- 963352435
- SCSB-8931171
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library