Title: Imagining the Academy : Higher Education and Popular Culture
Abstract: Introduction: Exploring the Crossroads of Higher Education and Populat Culture - Gunilla Holm, Susan Edgerton, and Toby Daspit Part I: Whither the Ivory Tower? 1. Pictures of an Institution: Intellectual Work and the Popular Film - Jo Keroes 2. Rap (in) the Academy: Higher Education and Cultural Studies - John Weaver and Toby Daspit 3. Anxiety Toward Higher Education: Dying for Thirtysomething - Scott Vander Ploeg 4. Tangled Shadows: Academic Stars in the Pursuit of Excellence - Paula Salvio and Susan Talburt Part II: The New Vocationalism and the Marketing of HIgher Education 5. Shopping for Credentials: The Theory/Practice Split in Teacher Education - Susan Huddleston Edgerton 6. The Image of Transformation: Discerning the True in the Age of Academic Publicity - Glen Hudak 7. Our Best Foot Forward: Image Management and Self-Presentation in University Promotional Films - Gunilla Holm and Paul Farber 8. The 'Distinctive College' Goes Digital: The World Wide Web and the Organizational Culture of Higher Education in the Information Age - Scott Walter 9. Contemplative Moments on the Presto Campus - John Ramsay Part III: Exploring Identity and Difference in the Context of Higher Education 10. Some Real High Learnin': Black Film, Higher Education, and the Politics of Class and Race - Linwood Cousins 11. Death in a Tenured Position: Higher Education and Feminism in the Novels of Amanda Cross - Eugene Provenzo, Jr. 12. Vampires on Campus: Reflections on (Un)Death, Transformation and Blood Knowledges in The Addiction - Tony Daspit and Morna McDermott 13. Oleanna in Context: A View of Three Separate Performances - Lee Papa 14. Lesbian Professors in Popular Film: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Self - Allison Young 15. Those Happy Golden Years: Beverly Hills, 90210, College Style - Michelle Byers 16. The College Novel: 1945-1980 - Susan Ikenberry
Publication Year: 2005
Publication Date: 2005-01-01
Language: en
Type: book
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