American idyll : academic antielitism as cultural critique /

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℗¡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 tha...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liu, Catherine
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011.
Temas:
1900-1999
Elite (Social sciences) > United States.
Intellectuals > United States.
Education, Higher > United States.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > États-Unis.
Intellectuels > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education, Higher
Elite (Social sciences)
Intellectuals
Social conditions
United States > Social conditions > 20th century.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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