Disciplining Women: Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black Counterpublics, and the Cultural Politics of Black Sororities

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CONTENTS List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 CHAPTER 1 Stomp the Yard, School Daze, and the Cultural Politics of Black Greek-Letter Organizations 13 CHAPTER 2 Alpha Kappa Alpha, Black Counterpublics, and the Ambiguity of Social Reform 29 CHAPTER 3 Stepping into the African Diaspora: Alpha Kappa Alpha and the Production of Sexuality and Femininity in Sorority Step Performance 59 CHAPTER 4 Disciplining Women, Respectable Pledges, and the Meaning of a Soror: Alpha Kappa Alpha and the Transformation of the Pledge Process 87 CHAPTER 5 Voices of Collectivity/Agents of Change: Alpha Kappa Alpha and the Future of Black Counterpublics 117 v Conclusion: Sorority Sisters 143 Appendix: Alpha Kappa Alpha Fact Sheet 151 Notes 153 Glossary 177 Bibliography 181 Index 201 vi CONTENTS ...