Black Haze
Subtitle: Violence, Sacrifice, and Manhood in Black Greek-Letter Fraternities (African American Studies)
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: January 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780791459751
Subjects: Black studies; Higher & further education; Violence in society; Sociology; General; Education; Education / Teaching; Men's Studies - General; USA; Greek letter societies; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Higher; Conduct of life; United States; African American college stude; African American college students; Hazing
Description: "Examining five major black Greek-letter fraternities, [author] maintains that hazing rituals within these fraternities are more deeply ingrained, physically violent, and imbued with meaning to their participants than the initiation rites of other ethnic groups. Because they do not see themselves as having the same political, social, and economic opportunities as other members of society, black fraternities and their members have come to see the ability to withstand physical abuse as the key ingredient in building and defining manhood"--Back cover.