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

Author:   Sophie Spieler
Publisher:   Transcript Verlag
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9783837657296


Pages:   276
Publication Date:   25 April 2023
Format:   Paperback
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The Wealthy, the Brilliant, the Few – Elite Education in Contemporary American Discourse


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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.

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Author:   Sophie Spieler
Publisher:   Transcript Verlag
Imprint:   Transcript Verlag
Dimensions:   Width: 14.70cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.60cm
Weight:   0.666kg
ISBN:  

9783837657296


ISBN 10:   3837657299
Pages:   276
Publication Date:   25 April 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Sophie Spieler studied American Studies, German, and English at the Universities of Greifswald, Dresden, and, as a Fulbright Scholar, at Fairfield University (CT, USA). She received her PhD from the Graduate School of the John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin. She has published on class, capital, and education as well as masculinity studies, Edith Wharton, and post-feminism.

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