In this Book
- The Company He Keeps: A History of White College Fraternities
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
- Series: Gender and American Culture
summary
Tracing the full history of traditionally white college fraternities in America from their days in antebellum all-male schools to the sprawling modern-day college campus, Nicholas Syrett reveals 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 many factors--such as class, religiosity, race, sexuality, athleticism, intelligence, and recklessness--that have contributed to particular versions of fraternal masculinity at different times. Syrett demonstrates the ways that fraternity brothers' masculinity has had consequences for other students on campus as well, emphasizing the exclusion of different groups of classmates and the sexual exploitation of female college students.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9781469605968
Related ISBN(s)
9780807832530, 9780807859315, 9780807888704
MARC Record
OCLC
966768226
Pages
432
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No