Black greek-letter organizations 2.0 [[electronic resource] ] : new directions in the study of African American fraternities and sororities / / edited by Matthew W. Hughey and Gregory S. Parks

• Pubblicazione: Jackson [Miss.], : University Press of Mississippi, c2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (361 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.1/98508996073
• Soggetto topico: Greek letter societies - United States; African American college students - Societies, etc
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HugheyMatthew W (Matthew Windust) ParksGregory <1974->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; FOREWORD; I. INTRODUCTION; II. BGLOS AND THE INTERSECTION OF LEADERSHIP, RELIGION, AND CIVIL RIGHTS; III. THE GENDER POLITICS OF BLACK FRATERNALISM; IV. RACIAL IDENTITY AND RACISM; V. REPRESENTIN': IMAGES OF BGLOS IN POPULAR CULTURE; VI. KEEPING THINGS IN/ON LINE? HAZING AND PLEDGING; VII. EBONY IN THE IVORY TOWER: BGLOS IN HIGHER EDUCATION; APPENDIX; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: At the turn of the twentieth century, black fraternities and sororities, also known as Black Greek-Letter Organizations (BGLOs), were an integral part of what W.E.B. Du Bois called the ""talented tenth."" This was the top ten percent of the black community that would serve as a cadre of educated, upper-class, motivated individuals who acquired the professional credentials, skills, and capital to assist the race to attain socio-economic parity. Today, however, BGLOs struggle to find their place and direction in a world drastically different from the one that witnessed their genesis. In recent
• Titolo autorizzato: Black greek-letter organizations 2.0
• ISBN: 1-283-06632-7; 9786613066329; 1-60473-922-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464986503321
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