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Anti-intellectual representations of American colleges and universities = fictional higher education /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Anti-intellectual representations of American colleges and universities/ edited by Barbara F. Tobolowsky, Pauline J. Reynolds.
Reminder of title:	fictional higher education /
other author:	Tobolowsky, Barbara F.
Published:	New York :Palgrave Macmillan US : : 2017.,
Description:	xiii, 207 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Universities and colleges in literature. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57004-8
ISBN:	9781137570048

Anti-intellectual representations of American colleges and universities = fictional higher education /
Anti-intellectual representations of American colleges and universitiesfictional higher education /[electronic resource] :edited by Barbara F. Tobolowsky, Pauline J. Reynolds. - New York :Palgrave Macmillan US :2017. - xiii, 207 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Higher education and society. - Higher education and society..

Chapter 1. Cultivating Anti-Intellectualism in the Fictional University -- Chapter 2. Humor in Academic Fiction: From Subtle Satire to LMAO -- Chapter 3. From Superman to Squirrel Girl: Higher Education in Comic Books, 1938-2015 -- Chapter 4. Video Games and Anti-Intellectualism: Higher Education in Modern Video Games -- Chapter 5. The Prism of Hollywood: Depictions of Racial Diversity in Films About College -- Chapter 6. Titillation, Murder, and Romance: Hollywood's Distortion of Women College Students -- Chapter 7. Developing a Bad Reputation: The Emergence of Student Affairs in College Novels -- Chapter 8. The Symbol of the Book: Faculty and Social Values in American Films, 1930-1950 -- Chapter 9. Anti-Intellectualism and the Faculty: Representations of the Primetime Professoriate -- Chapter 10. Concluding Thoughts on Media Representations of Higher Education: Anti-Intellectualism and Other Themes.

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-intellectualism manifests through time. Examining a wide range of narratives, the authors in this book provide incisive commentary on the role of the university as well as the life of students, faculty, and staff in fictional college campuses.

ISBN: 9781137570048

Standard No.: 10.1057/978-1-137-57004-8doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

1250441
Universities and colleges in literature.

LC Class. No.: PN1995.9.C543 / A58 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 791.436557

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