Inside Greek U.: Fraternities, Sororities, and the Pursuit of Pleasure, Power, and Prestige
by Alan D. DeSantis
Book Summary Information
Author: Alan D. DeSantisEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-01
ISBN: 0813124689
Number of pages: 264
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
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Book Review: Very Interesting
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this book to be very interesting. I am a greek advisor for several chapters and although I do not think the "problems" and issues brought up in this book are really specific to Greeks - it helped me understand, I feel more what the "younger" generation of college students is going through - more specifically my younger sister that is a freshman in college at a large school with a large Greek community - and trying to figure out where she belongs on campus. She is 11 years younger than myself and I always struggled to figure out where she was coming from and why she does things and acts the way she does. I think this book does a great job to help bridge more of a generation gap and I feel would be good - as some other reviewers said, for College advisors, parents etc. to get a better idea of what it is like not just in the Greek community - but on a college campus in general these days. There were many areas in this book, specifically the body image of men and women and sexual degredation, where I found myself understaning what and where my little sister comes from when she's at the gym for 3 hours a day, acting in my mind inappropriately provacative etc. Great read - but I think better fits for the entire college population than just the Greeks. I also appreciate the fact that the author does not reveal secrets of the organizations - outright :) - something that I feel being a Greek - should be reserved for those of us that are Greek :)
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