The Wealthy, the Brilliant, the Few : Elite Education in Contemporary American Discourse

The Wealthy, the Brilliant, the Few Elite Education in Contemporary American Discourse

How does the US make sense of its elite educational system, given that it seems to be at odds with core American values, such as equality of opportunity or upward mobility? Sophie Spieler explores scholarly and journalistic investigations, self-representational texts, and fictional narratives revolv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Spieler, Sophie (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Freie Universität Berlin funder (funder)
Formato: Tesis
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
Bielefeld : [2021]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:American Culture Studies
Materias:
Social Stratification; Distinction; Meritocracy; Campus Novels; Capital; Princeton; Elite Education; Class; Discourse Analysis; Neoliberalism; Ivy League; Curtis Sittenfeld; Literature; Education; America; American Studies; Cultural Studies; Cultural Theory; Literary Studies;
America.
American Studies.
Campus Novels.
Capital.
Class.
Cultural Studies.
Cultural Theory.
Curtis Sittenfeld.
Discourse Analysis.
Distinction.
Education.
Elite Education.
Ivy League.
Literary Studies.
Literature.
Meritocracy.
Neoliberalism.
Princeton.
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Sumario:How does the US make sense of its elite educational system, given that it seems to be at odds with core American values, such as equality of opportunity or upward mobility? Sophie Spieler explores scholarly and journalistic investigations, self-representational texts, and fictional narratives revolving around the Ivy League and its peers in order to understand elite education and its peculiar position in American cultural discourse. Among the book's most surprising and groundbreaking insights is the tenacity and adaptability of meritocratic ideology across all three sub-discourses, despite its fundamental incompatibility with the American educational system.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (276 p.)
ISBN:9783839457290

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