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

• Autore: Liu Catherine
• 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
• 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
• ISBN: 1-60938-051-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781653403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II