This is an insightful and innovative interdisciplinary contribution to the emergent field of contemporary archaeology as well as to masculinity studies."--Mary Beaudry, author of Findings: The Material Culture of Needlework and Sewing

Soulstepping is the first book to document the history of stepping, its roots in African and African American culture, and its transformation by churches, schools, and social groups into a powerful tool for instilling group identity and ...

A meticulously researched history, THE DIVINE NINE tells the story of how these organizations have played a major role in shaping generations of black leaders.

Explores the meaning of sisterhood for those who belonged to women's fraternities between 1870 and 1920.

If the college or university at which AJS readers teach has a fraternity or sorority system, this book will be useful in understanding the way those organizations not only construct the gender relations between women and men on campus but ...

The first book solely devoted to the subject of black fraternity hazing.

This volume draws from a variety of disciplines in an attempt to provide a holistic analysis of diversity within collegiate fraternal life.