Sophisticated Practitioners: Black Fraternity Men's Treatment of Women

Journal of African American Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 638-657

  Ray, Rashawn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Greek Letter organizations; College students; Gender; Masculinity; Peer culture; Race; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868489203     PISSN: 15591646     EISSN: 19364741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12111-010-9156-8     Document Type: Article

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