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Anti-Intellectual Representations of American Colleges and Universities: Fictional Higher Education de Barbara F. Tobolowsky

Anti-Intellectual Representations of American Colleges and Universities: Fictional Higher Education: Higher Education and Society

Editat de Barbara F. Tobolowsky, Pauline J. Reynolds
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 13 ian 2017
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137570031
ISBN-10: 1137570032
Pagini: 207
Ilustrații: XIII, 207 p.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2017
Editura: Palgrave Macmillan US
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Seria Higher Education and Society

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

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.

Notă biografică

Barbara F. Tobolowsky is Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA. She has published on media representations in the Journal of Marketing for Higher Education (2014) and the International Journal of Educational Advancement (2006), among others.

Pauline J. Reynolds is Associate Professor of Higher Education in the Graduate Department of Leadership and Counseling at the University of Redlands, USA. Her research focuses on representations of higher education in popular culture and media. 

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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.

Caracteristici

Provides the first comprehensive exploration of the fictional representation of higher education in a range of media, including print, television, film, and online texts Sheds light on the key findings that support the claim that popular depictions do affect student beliefs Presents the work of a group of scholars from diverse backgrounds in higher education and media