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Rethinking Campus Life“We Are Not So Easily to Be Overcome”: Fraternities on the American College Campus

Rethinking Campus Life: “We Are Not So Easily to Be Overcome”: Fraternities on the American... [Syrett traces the history of traditionally white college fraternities—their ideals, commitments, and behaviors—through the antebellum era, the late nineteenth century, the 1920s, and the post–World War II era. This chapter examines nearly 200 years of these fraternities from their founding in 1825 to the early twenty-first century, when they have found themselves in the news for violations of college and state laws surrounding hazing, drinking, and sexual assault. Syrett argues that fraternities have created a brotherhood that emphasizes exclusivity and defiance of university administrators, making membership decisions based on narrow standards of masculinity that have changed over time. With some exceptions, fraternal masculinity has become increasingly destructive, athletic, anti-intellectual, and heterosexually aggressive over the course of the organizations’ existence.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Rethinking Campus Life“We Are Not So Easily to Be Overcome”: Fraternities on the American College Campus

Part of the Historical Studies in Education Book Series
Editors: Ogren, Christine A.; VanOverbeke, Marc A.
Syrett, Nicholas L.
Rethinking Campus Life — Jul 20, 2018
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Springer International Publishing
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© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
ISBN
978-3-319-75613-4
Pages
37 –60
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-75614-1_3
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[Syrett traces the history of traditionally white college fraternities—their ideals, commitments, and behaviors—through the antebellum era, the late nineteenth century, the 1920s, and the post–World War II era. This chapter examines nearly 200 years of these fraternities from their founding in 1825 to the early twenty-first century, when they have found themselves in the news for violations of college and state laws surrounding hazing, drinking, and sexual assault. Syrett argues that fraternities have created a brotherhood that emphasizes exclusivity and defiance of university administrators, making membership decisions based on narrow standards of masculinity that have changed over time. With some exceptions, fraternal masculinity has become increasingly destructive, athletic, anti-intellectual, and heterosexually aggressive over the course of the organizations’ existence.]

Published: Jul 20, 2018

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