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House Signs and Collegiate Fun – Sex, Race, and Faith in a College Town

Autor Chaise Ladousa
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 iun 2011
It's no secret that fun is important to American college students, but it is unusual for scholars to pay attention to how undergraduates represent and reflect on their partying. Linguist and anthropologist Chaise LaDousa explores the visual manifestations of collegiate fun in a Midwestern college town where house signs on off-campus student residences are a focal point of college culture. With names like Boot 'N Rally, The Plantation, and Crib of the Rib, house signs reproduce consequential categories of gender, sexuality, race, and faith in a medium students say is benign. Through his analysis of house signs and what students say about them, LaDousa introduces the reader to key concepts and approaches in cultural analysis.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253223265
ISBN-10: 0253223261
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: 50 b&w illustrations
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Introduction "The Ivy League": House Signs and Their Display; 1. "Bed, Booze, and Beyond": History and Ethnography of Collegiate Fun; 2. "Witty House Name": The Textual Lives of House Signs; 3. "Inn Pursuit" of Christ: The Unevenness of Agency; 4. "Ghetto Fabulous" and "Plantation": Racial Difference in a Space of Fun; 5. "Hot Box," "Box Office," and "Fill Her Up": Reflections on Gender and Sexuality; Conclusion "Where the Sidewalk Ends": Remarks on Cultural Production and EthnographyNotes; References; Index

Recenzii

"LaDousa presents weighty matters with intelligence and nuance, and yet always clearly, and with a wealth of data that generates a multitude of 'aha' moments." James Collins, University at Albany, SUNY

Notă biografică

Chaise LaDousa is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Hamilton College.

Descriere

An introduction to the ethnography of college life