02593nam 2200577 a 450 991078165340332120230126202536.01-60938-051-7(CKB)2550000000046911(EBL)843304(OCoLC)754794536(SSID)ssj0000533931(PQKBManifestationID)11352207(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000533931(PQKBWorkID)10493144(PQKB)10520727(MiAaPQ)EBC843304(MdBmJHUP)muse16008(Au-PeEL)EBL843304(CaPaEBR)ebr10498109(EXLCZ)99255000000004691120110401d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican idyll[electronic resource] academic antielitism as cultural critique /Catherine LiuIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20111 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60938-050-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: populist idylls, cultural politics -- The problem with the meritocracy -- Ordinary Americans, average students -- The curious cult of religious practicality -- Against all experts: no experience necessary -- The new age of cultural studies: crisis in the PMC -- Conclusion. A trenchant critique of failure and opportunism across the political spectrum, American Idyll argues that social mobility, once a revered hallmark of American society, has ebbed, as higher education has become a mechanistic process for efficient sorting that has more to do with class formation than anything else. Academic freedom and aesthetic education are reserved for high-scoring, privileged students and vocational education is the only option for economically marginal ones.Throughout most of American history, antielitist sentiment was reserved for attacks agaElite (Social sciences)United StatesIntellectualsUnited StatesEducation, HigherUnited StatesUnited StatesSocial conditions20th centuryElite (Social sciences)IntellectualsEducation, Higher305.5/52097309045Liu Catherine1106902MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781653403321American idyll3846272UNINA