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

ISBN-13:	9781137570031
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	01/13/2017
Series:	Higher Education and Society
Edition description:	1st ed. 2017
Pages:	207
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

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.