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"An ethnography of the National College Entrance Examination, the Gaokao, in contemporary China. Discusses the exam as a fateful rite of passage that justifies and reinforces social inequality and the myth of meritocracy while enabling people to personify the cultural virtues of diligence, grit, composure, and divine favor or luck"--

Achievement tests --- Achievement tests. --- Gaokao (Educational test) --- Universities and colleges --- Social aspects. --- Entrance examinations --- Entrance examinations. --- China.

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"The concept of "Waithood" was developed by political scientist Diane Singerman to describe the expanding period of time between adolescence and full adulthood as young people wait to secure steady employment and marry. The contributors to this volume employ the waithood concept as a frame for richly detailed ethnographic studies of "youth in waiting" from a variety of world areas, including the Middle East Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the U.S, revealing that whether voluntary or involuntary, the phenomenon of youth waithood necessitates a recognition of new gender and family roles"--

Young adults --- Education --- Marriage age --- Fertility, Human --- Courtship --- Sex role --- 316.356.2 --- Gender role --- Gender roles --- Gendered role --- Gendered roles --- Role, Gender --- Role, Gendered --- Role, Sex --- Roles, Gender --- Roles, Gendered --- Roles, Sex --- Sex roles --- Sex (Psychology) --- Sex differences (Psychology) --- Social role --- Gender expression --- Sexism --- Courting --- Wooing --- Betrothal --- Love --- Love-letters --- Marriage --- Human fertility --- Natality --- Demography --- Human reproduction --- Infertility --- Age --- Child marriage --- Young people --- Young persons --- Adulthood --- Youth --- 316.356.2 Gezinssociologie --- Gezinssociologie --- Social conditions --- Economic conditions --- Social aspects --- Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality