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Celluloid Ivy: Higher Education in the Movies 1960-1990
Because of their tremendous mass audience, Hollywood feature films help mold, shape, and direct popular beliefs and attitudes. They also serve as frozen pieces of time that preserve the concerns of the past. CELLULIOD IVY examines the portrayal of higher education in movies from 1960-1990, offering a fascinating view not only of how Americans gained their views of higher education and college life during this crucial period, but also of the fascinating tension between movie fantasy and the realities of life.
From The Graduate to Revenge of the Nerds , from The Paper Chase to Educating Rita , the book delves into how movies treat the classroom, the extra-curricular, rites of passage, professors, romance, sports, alcohol and drugs, and sometimes, education itself. It offers some startling conclusions on how movies often reflect America's latent anti-intellectualism and how students can enter college with media-fed expectations for an experience different from what they encounter.
From The Graduate to Revenge of the Nerds , from The Paper Chase to Educating Rita , the book delves into how movies treat the classroom, the extra-curricular, rites of passage, professors, romance, sports, alcohol and drugs, and sometimes, education itself. It offers some startling conclusions on how movies often reflect America's latent anti-intellectualism and how students can enter college with media-fed expectations for an experience different from what they encounter.
189 pages, Hardcover
First published June 1, 1994
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About the author
David B. Hinton
2 books3 followersI am a practicing Buddhist (Tibetan/Vajrayana) and have been a student of the Ven. Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Ven. Khenpo Tsewang Donguyal Rinpoche for 23 years. My wife and I became Buddhists together we have made three fascinating pilgrimages to India to visit the holy sites of The Buddha.
After spending a large amount of my life devoted to watching, studying,and teaching about films, I find that at this stage in my life I am more willing to spend my time reading literary fiction, poetry, and history.
I received a B.A. in history from Drake University, after studying my junior year abroad at Schiller College in Heidelberg, Germany.
Later I received an M.A. in Film Studies/Film History from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Vanderbilt University.
After receiving my doctorate, I served as Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs for Watkins College of Art & Design in Nashville, TN and Dean of Academic Affairs at The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville.
After leaving academic administration, I taught history at Vanderbilt University,Middle Tennessee State University, and Motlow College.
After spending a large amount of my life devoted to watching, studying,and teaching about films, I find that at this stage in my life I am more willing to spend my time reading literary fiction, poetry, and history.
I received a B.A. in history from Drake University, after studying my junior year abroad at Schiller College in Heidelberg, Germany.
Later I received an M.A. in Film Studies/Film History from the University of Iowa and a Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration from Vanderbilt University.
After receiving my doctorate, I served as Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs for Watkins College of Art & Design in Nashville, TN and Dean of Academic Affairs at The Art Institute of Tennessee-Nashville.
After leaving academic administration, I taught history at Vanderbilt University,Middle Tennessee State University, and Motlow College.
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