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Autore: | Whaley Deborah Elizabeth |
Titolo: | Disciplining women : Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black counterpublics, and the cultural politics of Black sororities / / Deborah Elizabeth Whaley |
Pubblicazione: | Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina: | 369.082 |
Soggetto topico: | African American college students - Societies, etc |
African American Greek letter societies | |
Greek letter societies - United States | |
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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Disciplining women |
ISBN: | 1-4384-3274-7 |
1-4416-7414-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910816218903321 |
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