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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456388303321

Autore

Wilkie Laurie A. <1968->

Titolo

The lost boys of Zeta Psi [[electronic resource] ] : a historical archaeology of masculinity in a university fraternity / / Laurie A. Wilkie

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2010

ISBN

0-520-94594-8

1-282-76393-8

9786612763939

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Disciplina

378.18/550979467

Soggetti

Greek letter societies - California - Berkeley - History

Male college students - California - Berkeley - Conduct of life

Male college students - California - Berkeley - Psychology

Male college students - Sexual behavior - California - Berkeley

Masculinity - California - Berkeley - History

Gender identity - California - Berkeley - 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

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES -- TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Prologue. Peering into the Rooms of a Fraternity's Far Past -- Stage Directions -- PROGRAM FOR ACT I -- PROGRAM FOR ACT III -- Epilogue. When the Zetes Grew Up -- Appendix. Membership of Zeta Psi Iota as Compiled from Alumni Registers, Wall Panels, and Yearbooks -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The Lost Boys of Zeta Psi takes us inside the secret, amusing, and sometimes mundane world of a California fraternity around 1900. Gleaning history from recent archaeological excavations and from such intriguing sources as oral histories, architecture, and photographs, Laurie A. Wilkie uncovers details of everyday life in the first fraternity at the University of California, Berkeley, and sets this story into the rich social and historical context of West Coast America at the turn of the



last century. In particular, Wilkie examines men's coming-of-age experiences in a period when gender roles and relations were undergoing dramatic changes. Her innovative study illuminates shifting notions of masculinity and at the same time reveals new insights about the inner workings of fraternal orders and their role in American society.