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

• Autore: Syrett Nicholas L
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (431 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.1/98550973
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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."" He describes how men have gained...
• Titolo autorizzato: The company he keeps
• ISBN: 1-4696-0596-1; 0-8078-8870-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910455176403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Gender & American culture.