House Signs and Collegiate Fun: Sex, Race, and Faith in a College Town - Softcover

Ladousa, Chaise

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0253223261 ISBN 13: 9780253223265

Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS), 2011

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Book by Ladousa Chaise

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LaDousa makes excellent use of the formal interviews collected by his students to show that house signs are indeed a serious subject. In doing so he has provided us with a valuable text for introducing students to the field of linguistic anthropology and the process of collecting and analyzing data about textual practices in everyday life.May 2013 * Journal of Linguistic Anthropology *

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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 say about them, LaDousa introduces the reader to key concepts and approaches in cultural analysis.

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• Verlag: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0253223261
• ISBN 13: 9780253223265
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 290