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Author:   Hank Nuwer
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9780253216540

ISBN 10:   0253216540
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   29 January 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preliminary Table of Contents: Acknowledgments Introduction: Exterminating the Frat Rats by Hank Nuwer A Chronology of Hazing Events 1. Understanding Fraternity Hazing by Stephen Sweet 2. Males Courting Males by Lionel Tiger 3. Groupthink by Irving L. Janis 4. Cult-Like Hazing by Hank Nuwer 5. Hazing and Related Drinking in an Addictive Fraternity Chapter by James C. Arnold 6. Pledging and Hazing in African-American Fraternities and Sororities by D. Jason DeSousa, Michael V. W. Gordon, and Walter M. Kimbrough 7. Examining Violence in Black Fraternity Pledging by Ricky L. Jones 8. Troubled Times in a Fraternity System by Jonathan R. Farr 9. A Sorority Executive's Perspective on Hazing: A Conversation with Holly Hart McKiernan 10. Military Hazing by Hank Nuwer 11. Rites of Passage and Group Bonding in the Canadian Airborne by Donna Winslow 12. Traumatic Injuries Caused by Hazing by Michelle A. Finkel, M.D. 13. A Carolina Soccer Initiation by Gregory Danielson 14. Hazing and Sports and the Law by R. Brian Crow and Scott R. Rosner 15. Institutional Liability and Hazing—Mainly Athletics-Related by R. Brian Crow and Scott R. Rosner 16. Transforming a Hazing Culture by Elizabeth J. Allan and Susan V. Iverson 17. Hazing and Gender by Elizabeth J. Allan Appendix: Hazing Resource Information Bibliography Contributors Index

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<p>. .. not only timely but informative and provides a comprehensive reviewof the many standard issues surrounding hazing. Highly recommended. -- LibraryJournal

.. . not only timely but informative and provides a comprehensive reviewof the many standard issues surrounding hazing. Highly recommended. -- LibraryJournal

Author Information

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.

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