American idyll
Subtitle: academic antielitism as cultural critique
By: Catherine Liu
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781609380502; 9781609380519
Subjects: Intellectuals; Elite (Social Sciences); Higher Education; Social conditions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: populist idylls, cultural politics; title: The problem with the meritocracy; title: Ordinary Americans, average students; title: The curious cult of religious practicality; title: Against all experts: no experience necessary; title: The new age of cultural studies: crisis in the PMC; title: Conclusion.