Study Gods: How the New Chinese Elite Prepare for Global Competition

by Yi-Lin Chiang

Book Overview

How privileged adolescents in China acquire status and why this helps them succeed Study Gods offers a rare look at the ways privileged youth in China prepare themselves to join the ranks of the global elite. Yi-Lin Chiang shows how these competitive Chinese high schoolers first become "study gods" ( xueshen ), a term describing academically high-performing students. Constant studying, however, is not what explains their success, for these young people...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691210489
• ISBN13: 9780691210483
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.1"