The Paradox of Power in a People's Republic of China Middle School

• Author(s): Martin Schoenhals,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 208
• ISBN_10: 1134943342
  ISBN_13: 9781134943340
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Regional Studies , Social Science / Social Classes & Economic Disparity , Social Science / Anthropology / General ,

Description:... This text provides an ethnography of a Chinese middle school based on fieldwork conducted in 1988 to 1989. It provides a way of looking at classroom and societal interactions in terms of the interplay among criticism, face and shame.