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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Tobolowsky, Barbara F. (Editor), Reynolds, Pauline J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Higher Education and Society
• Subjects: Education.; Higher education.; Higher Education.
• Physical Description: XIII, 207 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781137570048

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.