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Record Nr.

UNINA9910162795803321

Titolo

Anti-Intellectual Representations of American Colleges and Universities [[electronic resource] ] : Fictional Higher Education / / edited by Barbara F. Tobolowsky, Pauline J. Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

1-137-57004-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Higher Education and Society

Disciplina

378

Soggetti

Higher education

Higher Education

United States Intellectual life 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Cultivating Anti-Intellectualism in the Fictional University -- Chapter 2.  Humor in Academic Fiction: From Subtle Satire to LMAO -- Chapter 3. From Superman to Squirrel Girl: Higher Education in Comic Books, 1938-2015 -- Chapter 4. Video Games and Anti-Intellectualism: Higher Education in Modern Video Games -- Chapter 5. The Prism of Hollywood: Depictions of Racial Diversity in Films About College -- Chapter 6. Titillation, Murder, and Romance: Hollywood’s Distortion of Women College Students -- Chapter 7. Developing a Bad Reputation: The Emergence of Student Affairs in College Novels -- Chapter 8. The Symbol of the Book: Faculty and Social Values in American Films, 1930-1950 -- Chapter 9. Anti-Intellectualism and the Faculty: Representations of the Primetime Professoriate -- Chapter 10. Concluding Thoughts on Media Representations of Higher Education: Anti-Intellectualism and Other Themes. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores popular media depictions of higher education from an American perspective. Each chapter in this book investigates the portrait of higher education in an exciting array of media including novels, television, film, comic books, and video games revealing the ways anti-intellectualism manifests through time. Examining a wide range of narratives, the authors in this book provide incisive



commentary on the role of the university as well as the life of students, faculty, and staff in fictional college campuses.