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

How do the US make sense of their own 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 re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Spieler, Sophie (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2021]
Series:American studies (Transcript (Firm)) ; 33.
Subjects:
Elite (Social sciences) > Education > United States.
Upper class > Education > United States.
Élite (Sciences sociales) > Éducation > États-Unis.
Classes supérieures > Éducation > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Elite (Social sciences) > Education
Upper class > Education
United States
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.
Electronic books.
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