Jones Black Haze, Second Edition

Violence, Sacrifice, and Manhood in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities
2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4384-5674-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in African American Studies

Expanded and revised edition of the first book devoted solely to black fraternity hazing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, Ricky L.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Second Edition: Black Haze Revisited
Preface to the First Edition

1. Hazing Then and Now

Concern, Change, and Questions
The Influence of the Ancient and Modern Worlds on Black Greek Violence
Falsehoods and Failure: The Epistemic Domino Effect and Ethics in Greekdom

2. Men, Media and Movements

Habermas, the Public Sphere, and a Critical Approach to the Media
Problems with Habermas
BGFS, Social Movements, and Identity
The Politics of Personal Involvement: Gazing through Fraternity Men’s Eyes

3. The History of Black Greek-Letter Fraternities

American Greek-Letter Fraternalism
Black Entrance into American College Life
The Exclusion of Blacks from White Greek Life
The Founding of Black Greek-letter Fraternities
Alpha Phi Alpha
Kappa Alpha Psi
Omega Psi Phi
Phi Beta Sigma
Iota Phi Theta
BGF’s Political Involvement
The Depoliticization of BGFs

4. The Pledge Process as Sacrifice

Violence Vehicles: Rituals as Social Stabilizers
The Commonalities of Modern Fraternity Ritual
Hazing and the Symbolic Journey
The Lure of Liminality: The Ritualistic Remaking of the Self

5. The Hegemonic Struggle and Domination in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities

Violence, Power, Hegemony, and Domination
Educated Gangs? To Pledge or Not to Pledge
Conservatism and Domination
BGF Ruling Blocs and the Membership Intake Epidemic

6. Acceptance, Freedom, and Identity Construction in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities

Formations of the Black Male Self
Economic Anxiety
Black Identity Fragmentation
The Self, Selves, and the Victory of Consent
Akrasia and Choice

7. Beyond the Fraternal Self

Afterword: Reflections On Failure

For Reputation and Revenue: The Champion and Sandusky Failures
The Organizational Bottom Line
The If Indictment

Acknowledgments
Appendix
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ricky L. Jones is Professor and Chair of the Department of Pan-African Studies at the University of Louisville and the author of What's Wrong with Obamamania? Black America, Black Leadership, and the Death of Political Imagination, also published by SUNY Press.