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1 online resource : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"Women of Discriminating Taste examines the role of historically white sororities in the shaping of white womanhood in the twentieth century. As national women's organizations, sororities have long held power on college campuses and in American life. Yet the groups also have always been conservative in nature and inherently discriminatory, selecting new members on the basis of social class, religion, race, or physical attractiveness. In the early twentieth century, sororities filled a niche on campuses as they purported to prepare college women for "ladyhood." Sorority training led members to comport themselves as hyperfeminine, heterosocially inclined, traditionally minded women following a model largely premised on the mythical image of the southern lady. Although many sororities were founded at non-southern schools and also maintained membership strongholds in many non-southern states, the groups adhered to a decidedly southern aesthetic-a modernized version of Lost Cause ideology-in their social training to deploy a conservative agenda. Margaret L. Freeman researched sorority archives, sorority-related materials in student organizations, as well as dean of women's, student affairs, and president's office records collections for historical data that show how white southerners repeatedly called upon the image of the southern lady to support southern racial hierarchies. Her research also demonstrates how this image could be easily exported for similar uses in other areas of the United States that shared white southerners' concerns over changing social demographics and racial discord. By revealing national sororities as significant players in the grassroots conservative movement of the twentieth century, Freeman illuminates the history of contemporary sororities' difficult campus relationships and their continuing legacy of discriminatory behavior and conservative rhetoric"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- List of Referenced Sororities and Fraternities -- Introduction Where Y'all Does Not Mean All -- CHAPTER ONE ""A Very Wholesome Discipline"" From Girlhood to Ladyhood in the Southern Sorority Chapter -- CHAPTER TWO ""A Laboratory in How to Get Along with People"" Selling Sororities through Social Education -- CHAPTER THREE Southern Belles and Sororit yGirls Sororities and the Lure of the Southern Aesthetic |
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CHAPTER FOUR Standardizing Sexu ality Heterosocializing and Sexual Danger in Sorority Life -- CHAPTER FIVE ""The Chosen Are Happy, the Rest Are Crushe d"" Using Rush to Define the Membership -- CHAPTER SIX ""To Discriminate Is a Positive Trait"" The NPC, ""Freedom of Association,"" and the Modern Conservative Movement -- CHAPTER SEVEN ""Inequality for All and Mint Juleps, Too"" Reinforcing the Sorority Woman as Southern Lady -- CONCLUSION An Alpha Phi-asco and Other Peculiar Institutions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Greek letter societies -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Greek letter societies. |
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United States. |
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History. |
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20th century |
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College sorority members -- United States -- Conduct of life.
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College sorority members. |
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Conduct of life. |
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Women, White -- Southern States -- Conduct of life.
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Women, White. |
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Southern States. |
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Racism in higher education -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Racism in higher education. |
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Conservatism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Conservatism. |
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HISTORY / United States / 20th Century. |
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1900-1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Freeman, Margaret L.. Women of discriminating taste Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2020. 9780820358154 (DLC) 2020028109 |
| ISBN |
9780820358147 electronic book |
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0820358142 electronic book |
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9780820358154 hardcover |
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9780820358161 paperback |
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