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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Liu, Catherine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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