Funding the American Dream: On the Biographic Mediation of Aid and Institutional Change in Horatio Alger Scholarship Narratives

Ebony E.A. Coletu

doi:10.1080/08989575.2018.1389841

Funding the American Dream: On the Biographic Mediation of Aid and Institutional Change in Horatio Alger Scholarship Narratives

Ebony E.A. Coletu

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This article offers a theory of biographic mediation to explain how life stories become the default mode of accessing institutional support for education. The case study explores the technical process that links ideological and personal narratives in the development of the Horatio Alger scholarship program, while also accounting for institutional change provoked by applicant disclosures.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	83-108
Number of pages	26
Journal	a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
Volume	33
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08989575.2018.1389841
State	Published - Jan 2 2018

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Cultural Studies
History
Literature and Literary Theory

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