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House Signs and Collegiate Fun
Chaise Ladousa
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Description for House Signs and Collegiate Fun
Paperback. An introduction to the ethnography of college life Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JHM; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
It’s no secret that fun is important to American college students, but it is unusual for scholars to pay attention to how undergraduates represent and reflect on their partying. Linguist and anthropologist Chaise LaDousa explores the visual manifestations of collegiate fun in a Midwestern college town where house signs on off-campus student residences are a focal point of college culture. With names like Boot 'N Rally, The Plantation, and Crib of the Rib, house signs reproduce consequential categories of gender, sexuality, race, and faith in a medium students say is benign. Through his analysis of house signs and what students ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253223265
SKU
V9780253223265
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99-50
About Chaise Ladousa
Chaise LaDousa is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Hamilton College.
Reviews for House Signs and Collegiate Fun
"A fascinating, surprising, and intriguing look at pervasive house signs in a Midwestern U.S. college town, this book will delight college students, appeal to those who teach them, and engage those who study them across several disciplines. It is a skillful analysis of contemporary material culture, its playfulness, creativity, and ambiguities. It is also a vivid example of the multiple ... Read more