The theatrical professoriate : contemporary higher education and its academic dramas / Emily Roxworthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roxworthy, Emily, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers--United States--Social conditions--21st century.

College teachers.

College teaching--Social aspects--United States.

College teaching.

Education, Higher--Social aspects--United States.

Education, Higher.

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Racism in higher education.

College teaching--Social aspects.

Social conditions.

United States.

Racism in higher education--United States.

College teachers in literature.

Education, Higher, in literature.

College teachers in motion pictures.

Drama in education.

Physical Description:

viii, 177 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"This book argues that today's professoriate has become increasingly theatrical, largely as a result of neoliberal policies in higher education, but also in response to an anti-intellectual scrutiny that has become pervasive throughout the Western world. The Theatrical Professoriate: Contemporary Higher Education and Its Academic Dramas examines how the Western professoriate increasingly finds itself enacting command performances that utilize scripting, characterization, surrogation, and spectacle-the hallmarks of theatricality-toward neoliberal ends. Roxworthy explores how the theatrical nature of today's professoriate and the resultant glut of performances about academia on stage and screen have contributed to a highly ambivalent public fascination with academia. She further documents the "theatrical turn" witnessed in American higher education, as academic institutions use performance to intervene in the diversity issues and disciplinary disparities fueled by neoliberalism. By analyzing academic dramas and their audience reception alongside theoretical approaches, the author reveals how contemporary academia drives the professoriate to perform in what seem like increasingly artificial ways. Ideal for practitioners and students of education, ethnic, and science studies, The Theatrical Professoriate deftly intervenes in Performance Studies' still-unsettled debates over the differential impact of live versus mediated performances"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Introducing the theatrical professoriate

#Oscars so white and historically white universities

Academic drama on stage and screen

Behind the scenes of academia's diversity charades

Framing science for the death of the humanities

Conclusion: Diagnosing academia's theatrical turn.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Roxworthy, Emily. Theatrical professoriate.

ISBN:

9780367406790

0367406799

OCLC:

1114537881

Publisher Number:

99983652310