A Community Far Afield Black Mountain College and the Southern Estrangement of the Avant-Garde

When John Andrew Rice was fired from his position at Rollins College in Florida in 1933, he dreamed of leaving the world of institutions and founding a nomadic school. In it, students and teachers would travel and study together, starting in England and reading the works of William Shakespeare. The...

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Published inThe Bohemian South p. 54
Main Author Jon Horne Carter
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States The University of North Carolina Press 27.06.2017
University of North Carolina Press
Subjects
Academic communities
Applied arts
Architecture
Art genres and movements
Art history
Arts
Bauhaus
Behavioral sciences
Buildings
College students
Colleges
Communities
Community colleges
Education
Educational buildings
Educational institutions
Formal education
Houses
Human societies
Institutional buildings
Modernist art
Pedagogy
Public colleges
Residential buildings
School campuses
Schools
Social groups
Sociology
Students
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Summary:When John Andrew Rice was fired from his position at Rollins College in Florida in 1933, he dreamed of leaving the world of institutions and founding a nomadic school. In it, students and teachers would travel and study together, starting in England and reading the works of William Shakespeare. The school would have no physical institution, no higher administration, and no board of trustees to weigh it down. Rice had been fired due to a variety of allegations at Rollins, some against his pedagogy, others against his comportment, even his gait. The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) overturned his
ISBN:1469631660
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