Disciplining women : Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black counterpublics, and the cultural politics of Black sororities / / Deborah Elizabeth Whaley

• Autore: Whaley Deborah Elizabeth
• Pubblicazione: Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , 2010; ©2010
• 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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