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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816218903321

Autore

Whaley Deborah Elizabeth

Titolo

Disciplining women : Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black counterpublics, and the cultural politics of Black sororities / / Deborah Elizabeth Whaley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4384-3274-7

1-4416-7414-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

369.082

Soggetti

African American college students - Societies, etc

African American Greek letter societies

Greek letter societies - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Disciplining Women -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Stomp the Yard, School Daze, and the Cultural Politics of Black Greek-Letter Organizations -- 2: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black Counterpublics, and the Ambiguity of Social Reform -- 3: Stepping into the African Diaspora Alpha Kappa Alpha and the Production of Sexuality and Femininity in Sorority Step Performance -- 4: Disciplining Women, Respectable Pledges, and the Meaning of a Soror Alpha Kappa Alpha and the Transformation of the Pledge Process -- 5: Voices of Collectivity/Agents of Change Alpha Kappa Alpha and the Future of Black Counterpublics -- Conclusion: Sorority Sisters -- Appendix: Alpha Kappa Alpha Fact Sheet -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

An interdisciplinary look Alpha Kappa Alpha (AKA), the first historically Black sorority.