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Inventing the Egghead: The Battle over Brainpower in American Culture
Aaron Lecklider
Inventing the Egghead: The Battle over Brainpower in American Culture
Aaron Lecklider
Throughout the twentieth century, popular songs, magazine articles, plays, posters, and novels alternated between representing intelligence as empowering and as threatening. In Inventing the Egghead, Aaron Lecklider cracks open this paradox by examining representations of intelligence to reveal brainpower's stalwart appeal and influence.
296 pages, 21 illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | April 9, 2013 |
ISBN13 | 9780812244861 |
Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 296 |
Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 38 mm · 635 g |
Language | English |
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