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The Production of Consumer Society : Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction / Ernst Mohr
| The Production of Consumer Society : Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction / Ernst Mohr |
| Autore | Mohr Ernst <p>Ernst Mohr, Universität St. Gallen, Schweiz </p> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (340 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3 |
| Collana | Edition transcript |
| Soggetto topico |
Consumption
Aesthetics Style Culture Distinction Economy Sociology of Culture Cultural Theory Economics Sociology |
| ISBN |
9783839457030
3839457033 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Content -- Preface -- Part 1: Culture of Dissimilarity -- Chapter 1. Material -- Chapter 2. Style -- Chapter 3. Distant and Near Vision -- PART 2: THE PRODUCTIVE CONSUMER -- Introduction -- Chapter 4. Inside Culture's Sorting Plant -- Chapter 5. Social Volition and Cultural Prowess -- Chapter 6. Cultural Selection -- Chapter 7. Social Evolution -- PART 3: THE STYLISH PRESENT DAY -- Introduction -- Chapter 8. Cultural Juxtaposition and Stylistic Fertilisation -- Chapter 9. Identity Industry -- Chapter 10. The Added Value of Becoming -- Bibliography -- List of Figures -- Index |
| Altri titoli varianti | Mohr, The Production of Consumer Society Cultural-Economic Principles of Distinction |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910476896103321 |
Mohr Ernst <p>Ernst Mohr, Universität St. Gallen, Schweiz </p>
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| Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2021 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Wealthy, the Brilliant, the Few : Elite Education in Contemporary American Discourse / Sophie Spieler
| The Wealthy, the Brilliant, the Few : Elite Education in Contemporary American Discourse / Sophie Spieler |
| Autore | Spieler Sophie <p>Sophie Spieler, Freie Universität Berlin, Deutschland </p> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (276 p.) |
| Disciplina | 970.980 |
| Collana | American Culture Studies |
| Soggetto topico |
Social Stratification
Distinction Meritocracy Campus Novels Capital Princeton Elite Education Class Discourse Analysis Neoliberalism Ivy League Curtis Sittenfeld Literature Education America American Studies Cultural Studies Cultural Theory Literary Studies |
| ISBN |
9783839457290
3839457297 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 9 1. Introductory Remarks 21 2. Starting Points: Eliteness and Education in American Culture 21 3. 'Very Important, Very Powerful, or Very Prominent': Eliteness in America 29 4. 'Excellence and Equity': Merit as the Price of Admission 50 5. 'A Touchy Subject'? Class and Elite Education 58 6. Concluding Remarks 67 1. Introductory Remarks 69 2. Mapping the Critical Landscape 73 3. Progressivist Critiques 83 4. Conservative Critiques 95 5. Concluding Remarks 110 1. Introductory Remarks 113 2. Elite College Admissions: A Discourse of Impossibility and Pathology 118 3. A Meritocracy of Affect 123 4. Epistemological Frames: Diversity, the Good Life, Community 135 5. Concluding Remarks 170 1. Introductory Remarks 175 2. Exposition: Fiction in the Discourse of Elite Education 178 3. Prep in the Discourse: Publicity, 'Preppiness', and the Neoliberal Imagination 186 4. Diversity, Class, Mobility: Prep's Cultural Work 211 5. Concluding Remarks 242 Conclusion 249 Works Cited 257 |
| Altri titoli varianti | Spieler, The Wealthy, the Brilliant, the Few Elite Education in Contemporary American Discourse |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910493739803321 |
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Spieler Sophie <p>Sophie Spieler, Freie Universität Berlin, Deutschland </p>
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| Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2021 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Soggetto topico
- Cultural Theory (2)
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Distinction
(2)
- Aesthetics (1)
- America (1)
- American Studies (1)