White Sororities and the Cultural Work of Belonging

White Sororities and the Cultural Work of Belonging
Author: Charlotte Hogg
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2023-12-19
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1003831990

Charlotte Hogg takes a close look, through the example of White university sororities, at how we create and cling to subcultures through the notion of belonging, and how spoken and unspoken rhetorics contribute to this notion. Renewed calls to end Greek-letter organizations for racism and sexism, including increased scrutiny on White women’s social justice failings, have intensified. But as Hogg shows, rhetorics of belonging have always occurred amid and even in response to anti-GLO sentiment. She shows how rhetorical efforts by members for members foster belonging for insiders while also seeking to appease those on the outside. In her analysis, Hogg positions the study of rhetoric beyond traditional methods of persuasion to show how we communicate and participate in communities as citizens in subtle ways beyond speaking and writing. Through engaging narrative drawing on her experiences as a member of a White sorority, archival research, and interviews with collegians and alumni, she shows how efforts toward belonging can influence particular beliefs about womanhood in complex ways. This thought-provoking volume will interest scholars and students from a range of disciplines, including rhetoric and communication studies, gender studies, feminism, sociology, cultural anthropology, and history.

Campus Traditions

Campus Traditions
Author: Simon J. Bronner
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2012-09-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1617036161

How American campus life shapes students, and how students shape campus lore

Day Trips® from Atlanta

Day Trips® from Atlanta
Author: Janice McDonald
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2019-04-01
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 1493037684

Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from Atlanta. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive of the Atlanta metro area.