Diversity in Black Greek Letter Organizations: Breaking the Line
Autor Wendy Laybourn, Devon Gossen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 apr 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781138629639
ISBN-10: 1138629634
Pagini: 138
Ilustrații: 2 Tables, black and white
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1138629634
Pagini: 138
Ilustrații: 2 Tables, black and white
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 8 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Public țintă
General, Postgraduate, and UndergraduateCuprins
Introduction: "Why Would You Do That?": Non-Black Members of Black Fraternities and Sororities. Chapter One: Brotherhood and Sisterhood: What Are Black Greek-Letter Organizations? Chapter Two: "I’m Not Trying to Be You": Identity and Boundary Work. Chapter Three: On the Yard: Race on the College Campus. Chapter Four: Branded for Life: The Impact of Membership Chapter Five (Conclusion): "I’m Not the First, and I Won’t Be the Last": Crossing the Line, Connecting the Past and Present. Methodological Appendix Glossary
Notă biografică
Wendy M. Laybourn is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of Maryland. Her research focuses on the relationship between racial ideology, especially as evidenced through popular culture and raced institutions, and racial and ethnic identity. Wendy’s work has appeared in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Sociology Compass, and the Asian Pacific American Law Journal.
Devon R. Goss is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of Connecticut. Her research examines, first, the color-line, particularly in relation to instances of boundary crossing in typically racialized institutions; and second, the impact of racialization in family formation and processes, through an examination of transracial adoption. Devon’s work has appeared in The Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Science, Sociology Compass, the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and Symbolic Interaction.
Devon R. Goss is a doctoral candidate in Sociology at the University of Connecticut. Her research examines, first, the color-line, particularly in relation to instances of boundary crossing in typically racialized institutions; and second, the impact of racialization in family formation and processes, through an examination of transracial adoption. Devon’s work has appeared in The Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Science, Sociology Compass, the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and Symbolic Interaction.
Recenzii
Analyzing interview data from non-Black members of Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLO), Laybourn and Goss reveal that there remains much to be learned about integration and crossing the color-line. In this remarkable study, the authors examine what non-Black BGLO members can tell us about race, symbolic boundaries, cultural investments, systems of racial stratification, and allyship. Breaking the Line is an accessible, nuanced, and important piece of scholarship.
Robin R. Means Coleman is Professor of Communication and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan
More than sixty years ago, noted sociologist Alfred McClung Lee published his seminal work on discrimination within collegiate fraternities. In that time, an important question has resounded: How is difference within Greek-letter organizations navigated? In their book, two up-and-coming sociologists--Wendy Laybourn and Devon Goss--answer this pressing question with aplomb and perspicacity. Their work promises to take the study of collegiate fraternities and sororities, and black Greek-letter organizations especially, to new heights.
Gregory S. Parks, J.D., Ph.D. is Associate Dean of Research, Public Engagement, & Faculty Development and Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law
Robin R. Means Coleman is Professor of Communication and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan
More than sixty years ago, noted sociologist Alfred McClung Lee published his seminal work on discrimination within collegiate fraternities. In that time, an important question has resounded: How is difference within Greek-letter organizations navigated? In their book, two up-and-coming sociologists--Wendy Laybourn and Devon Goss--answer this pressing question with aplomb and perspicacity. Their work promises to take the study of collegiate fraternities and sororities, and black Greek-letter organizations especially, to new heights.
Gregory S. Parks, J.D., Ph.D. is Associate Dean of Research, Public Engagement, & Faculty Development and Professor of Law, Wake Forest University School of Law
Descriere
Black Greek Letter Organizations (BGLOs) arose in the early 20th century in response to racial and social exclusion encountered by Black students on college campuses and within historically White fraternities. Founded and formulated around the ideas of Black community, uplift, and independence, the invitation of non-Blacks into these BGLOs raise important questions about the opportunity for membership in these organizations to impact those for whom the space was not originally intended. Using this as a starting point, Breaking the Line asks: How is the color line built and maintained in the contemporary college environment? What role do BGLOs play on college campuses in the 21st century? What happens when individuals cross color lines by joining Greek letter organizations that differ from their own race? How does this identification process and experience shape their racial identification? How do non-Black members make sense of their experiences as BGLO members? Finally, how does membership affect non-Black members beyond college?
Although BGLOs may be seen as resource-rich organizations that distribute material resources to traditionally marginalized and under-networked Black members, Breaking the Line argues that symbolic identities, belonging, and boundary work are also being accomplished in these organizations. Whereas these symbolic boundaries are not directly observable, they manifest in the stories people use to make sense of their actions. Through thirty-four in-depth interviews, Laybourn and Goss observe how non-Black BGLO members define themselves in relation to others and how they go about the ongoing accomplishment of identity work in their majority-Black networks and communities.
Although BGLOs may be seen as resource-rich organizations that distribute material resources to traditionally marginalized and under-networked Black members, Breaking the Line argues that symbolic identities, belonging, and boundary work are also being accomplished in these organizations. Whereas these symbolic boundaries are not directly observable, they manifest in the stories people use to make sense of their actions. Through thirty-four in-depth interviews, Laybourn and Goss observe how non-Black BGLO members define themselves in relation to others and how they go about the ongoing accomplishment of identity work in their majority-Black networks and communities.