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Anti-Intellectual Representations of American Colleges and Universities

Fictional Higher Education

Pauline J Reynolds editor Barbara F Tobolowsky editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan

Published:13th Jan '17

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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.

ISBN: 9781137570031

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 3947g

207 pages

1st ed. 2017