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Fraternity Hazing and the Process of Planned Failure.
- Source :
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Journal of American Studies . Feb2018, Vol. 52 Issue 1, p214-1236. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- American fraternities have long engaged in hazing, subjecting their prospective members to curious and painful ordeals. Many fraternities also appear to incorporate planned failure within their inductions: near-impossible tasks where failure is punished with hazing. This paper provides evidence for the widespread use of planned failure in fraternities, describing its application in a modern hazing fraternity and presenting evidence of planned failure in other fraternities using interviews and decades of scholarly and non-scholarly accounts of hazing. Discussion is focussed on possible explanations for the existence and persistence of this ostensibly core feature of fraternity inductions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218758
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of American Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 127333389
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875816001924