Format:
xiii, 207 Seiten
ISBN:
9781137570031
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9781137570048
Series Statement:
Higher education and society
Content:
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-intelelctualism manifests through time. The authors provide incisive commentary on the role of the university as well as the life of students, faculty, and staff in fictional college campuses
Content:
Cultivating anti-intellectualism in the fictional university / Barbara F. Tobolowsky -- Humor in academic fiction : from subtle satire to LMAO / Christian K. Anderson and Katherine E. Chaddock -- From Superman to Squirrel girl : higher education in comic books, 1938-2015 / Pauline J. Reynolds -- Video games and anti-intellectualism : higher education in modern video games / Jon M. Lozano -- The prism of Hollywood : depictions of racial diversity in college films / Saran Donahoo and Tamara Yakaboski -- Titillation, murder, and romance : Hollywood's objectification of women college students / Tamara Yakaboski and Saran Donahoo -- Developing a bad reputation : the emergence of student affairs in college novels / Michael S. Hevel -- Behind their books : faculty, social values, and the symbol of the book in American film, 1930-1950 / Pauline J. Reynolds -- Anti-intellectualism and faculty : representations of the prime-time professoriate / Barbara F. Tobolowsky -- Concluding thoughts on media representations of higher education : anti-intellectualism and other themes / Barbara F. Tobolowsky and Pauline J. Reynolds
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781137570048
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Anti-Intellectual Representations of American Colleges and Universities New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017 ISBN 9781137570048
Language:
English
Subjects:
Sociology
Keywords:
USA
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Literatur
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Film
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Hochschule
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Hochschulbildung
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