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9780253216540

The Hazing Reader

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  • ISBN13:

    9780253216540

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    0253216540

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2004-02-01
  • Publisher: Indiana Univ Pr
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Summary

This volume collects 15 classic or never-before-published contributions to understanding the culture of hazing. The collection, which includes contributions from such experts as Stephen Sweet, Michael Gordon, Walter Kimbrough, Lionel Tiger, and others, looks at hazing behavior, hazing in fraternal organizations (including sororities and traditionally black fraternities), military hazing, and hazing in athletics. There are also chapters on hazing and the law, hazing injuries, and hazing and gender. A final chapter discusses steps for transforming a culture of hazing.

Author Biography

Hank Nuwer is Assistant Professor of Journalism at Franklin College and Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Indiana University--Purdue University Indianapolis. His books include Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking (IUP, 1999) and High School Hazing: When Rites Become Wrongs. He lives in Indianapolis.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction: Exterminating the Frat Rats xiii
Hank Nuwer
A Chronology of Hazing Events xxv
1. Understanding Fraternity Hazing 1(13)
Stephen Sweet
2. Males Courting Males 14(5)
Lionel Tiger
3. Groupthink 19(8)
Irving L. Janis
4. Cult-like Hazing 27(24)
Hank Nuwer
5. Hazing and Alcohol in a College Fraternity 51(55)
James C. Arnold
6. Pledging and Hazing in African-American Fraternities and sororities 106(4)
D. Jason DeSousa, Michael V. W. Gordon, and Walter M. Kimbrough
7. Examining Violence in Black Fraternity Pledging 110(20)
Ricky L. Jones
8. Troubled Times in a New England University's Fraternity System 130(7)
Jonathan R. Farr
9. A Sorority Executive's Perspective on Hazing: A Conversation with Holiday Hart McKiernan 137(4)
Conducted by Hank Nuwer
10. Military Hazing 141(6)
Hank Nuwer
11. Rites of Passage and Group Bonding in the Canadian Airborne 147(24)
Donna Winslow
12. Traumatic Injuries Caused by Hazing 171(13)
Michelle A. Finkel, M.D.
13. A Carolina Soccer Initiation 184(16)
Gregory Danielsen and Hank Nuwer
14. Hazing and Sport and the Law 200(24)
R. Brian Crow and Scott R. Rosner
15. Institutional Liability and Hazing-Mainly Athletics-Related 224(28)
R. Brian Crow and Scott R. Rosner
16. Initiating Change: Transforming a Hazing Culture 252(23)
Susan VanDeventer Iverson and Elizabeth J. Allan
17. Hazing and Gender: Analyzing the Obvious 275(20)
Elizabeth J. Allan
Appendix: Hazing Information Resources 295(2)
References 297(10)
Contributors 307(4)
Index 311

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