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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455176403321

Autore

Syrett Nicholas L

Titolo

The company he keeps [[electronic resource] ] : a history of white college fraternities / / Nicholas L. Syrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009

ISBN

1-4696-0596-1

0-8078-8870-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 p.)

Collana

Gender and American culture

Disciplina

378.1/98550973

Soggetti

Greek letter societies - United States - History - 19th century

Greek letter societies - United States - History - 20th century

Male college students - United States - History

Masculinity - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Camaraderie and resistance : the founding and function of college fraternities -- The sacred, the secular, and the manly -- Very fraternally yours : national brotherhood in the nineteenth century -- Greeks and barbs : social class and the rise of the fraternity in the postbellum years -- Fussers and fast women : fraternity men in the 1920's -- Democracy, drinking, and violence : post-World War II fraternities.

Sommario/riassunto

Here is the first book to recount the full history of white college fraternities in America. Nicholas Syrett traces these organizations from their days in antebellum all-male schools to the sprawling modern-day college campus, paying special attention to how fraternity brothers have defined masculinity over the course of their 180-year history. Based on extensive research at twelve different schools and analyzing at least twenty national fraternities, The Company He Keeps explores the formation of what Syrett calls ""fraternal masculinity."" He describes how men have gained...