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American idyll [[electronic resource] ] : academic antielitism as cultural critique / / Catherine Liu



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Autore: Liu Catherine Visualizza persona
Titolo: American idyll [[electronic resource] ] : academic antielitism as cultural critique / / Catherine Liu Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 p.)
Disciplina: 305.5/52097309045
Soggetto topico: Elite (Social sciences) - United States
Intellectuals - United States
Education, Higher - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States Social conditions 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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 aga
Titolo autorizzato: American idyll  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-60938-051-7
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456588403321
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