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The Company He Keeps: A History of White College Fraternities(Gender and American Culture)

The Company He Keeps: A History of White College Fraternities(Gender and American Culture)


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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. |Tracing the history of white college fraternities in America from their days in antebellum all-male schools to modern-day college campus, Syrett reveals how fraternity brothers have defined masculinity over the course of their 180-year history. Based on extensive research at 12 different schools and analyzing 20 national fraternities, this book explores many factors--such as class, religiosity, race, sexuality, athleticism, intelligence, and recklessness--that have contributed to versions of fraternal masculinity at different times.

About the Author :
Nicholas L. Syrett is assistant professor of history and director of graduate studies at the University of Northern Colorado.

Review :
"By researching fraternities found throughout the country and over two centuries, Syrett is able to make a comprehensive and important contribution to the history of sexuality, social life, and gender on college campuses. . . . He has helped to open the door for scholars to research fraternities and parts of extracurricular life as worthy historical topics." -- H-Education "Careful, convincing, and well grounded in many primary sources. . . . Highly readable." -- History News Network "[An] engaging, readable, and ultimately disturbing history of white college fraternities." -- Journal of Southern History "A welcome addition to gender history and the history of education. . . . Masculinity specialists, historians of the nineteenth century, and historians of education will value Syrett's extensive research, impressive contextualization, and convincing argument that fraternities participated in the changing ideals of manhood." -- Journal of American History "Provides the first historical study that charts the growth of fraternities in the United States. He uses this dazzling assortment of evidence in order to evaluate how white men's ideas and enactment of, what he calls, 'fraternal masculinity, ' changed over time. . . . Brilliantly articulates how this notion of masculinity changed and when it changed." -- Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender History "Six crisp, deeply researched chapters trace changes from the ideals of brotherhood and genteel manliness that gave birth to fraternities to those of masculinity linked to athleticism, sexual prowess, and the like that appeared by 2000. . . . Highly recommended." -- CHOICE "The first [history of white fraternities in America] of its kind." -- Greeley Tribune "There is a lot to learn from its pages; what is so rewarding about the text is its speculations about the advance -- and possibly the decline -- of American culture that it provokes. The more deeply Syrett probes, the more one wonders: what is our world coming to?" -- American Historical Review "Vibrantly written. . . . To a remarkable degree, Syrett connects developments within both American society generally and American higher education specifically to explain the behavior of white fraternity men. . . . One of the best histories of college student life in recent years." -- History of Education Quarterly "What makes this work stand out among studies of fraternity culture is the evolving definition of masculinity that serves as the conceptual lens for this book. . . . This is a fascinating perspective and offers college educators an insight into how the fraternity men on our campuses today may see themselves." -- Journal of College Student Development


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  • ISBN-13: 9780807859315
  • Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Publisher Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
  • Edition: New edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Weight: 639 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0807859311
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 223 mm
  • No of Pages: 432
  • Series Title: Gender and American Culture
  • Sub Title: A History of White College Fraternities
  • Width: 147 mm


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