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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823653603321

Autore

Syrett Nicholas L

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009

ISBN

979-88-9313-254-0

1-4696-0596-1

0-8078-8870-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (431 pages) : illustrations

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

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.""