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Autore |
Bronner Simon J |
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Titolo |
Campus traditions [[electronic resource] ] : folklore from the old-time college to the modern mega-university / / Simon J. Bronner |
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Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-61122-8 |
1-62103-617-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (496 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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College students - United States |
College students - United States - Social life and customs |
College environment - United States |
Folklore - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Prologue: "Here's the Syllabus"; 1. Getting In: Orientation; 2. The Stress of Grades: Tests and Papers; 3. Professors, Coaches, Jocks, Geeks, and Other Strange Characters; 4. Rushes, Pranks, and Dinks: The Rough-and-Tumble Campus; 5. College Spirit: Expressing Loyalty and Rivalry; 6. Campus Events: Holidays, Games, and Sports; 7. Greek Life; 8. Legendary Locations, Laughs, and Horrors; 9. Sex and the Single Student; 10. Getting Out: Graduation; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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From their beginnings, campuses emerged as hotbeds of traditions and folklore. American college students inhabit a culture with its own slang, stories, humor, beliefs, rituals, and pranks. Simon J. Bronner takes a long, engaging look at American campus life and how it is shaped by students and at the same time shapes the values of all who pass through it. The archetypes of absent-minded profs, fumbling jocks, and curve-setting dweebs are the stuff of legend and humor, along with the all-nighters, tailgating parties, and initiations that mark campus tradition--and student identities. Undergr |
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