The Hazing Reader [Paperback]

Despite numerous highly publicized incidents and widespread calls for reform, hazing continues to plague many of the nations institutions. In this volume, noted hazing researcher Hank Nuwer presents 15 classic or never-before-published essays that can help all of us, parent and professional alike, better understand the culture of hazing. The collection, which includes contributions from such experts as Michael Gordon, Walter Kimbrough, Stephen Sweet, and Lionel Tiger, looks at hazing behavior in fraternal organizations (including sororities and traditionally black fraternities), high school, the military, and sports. There are also chapters on hazing and the law, hazing injuries, and hazing and gender. Lastly, the book lays out steps for transforming a culture of hazing and offers suggestions for further reading.

Hank Nuwer is Assistant Professor of Journalism at Franklin College and Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Indiana UniversityPurdue University Indianapolis. His books include Wrongs of Passage: Fraternities, Sororities, Hazing, and Binge Drinking (IUP, 1999) and High School Hazing: When Rites Become Wrongs. He lives in Indianapolis.

Preliminary Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Exterminating the Frat Rats by Hank Nuwer
A Chronology of Hazing Events
1. Understanding Fraternity Hazing by Stephen Sweet
2. Males Courting Males by Lionel Tiger
3. Groupthink by Irving L. Janis
4. Cult-Like Hazing by Hank Nuwer
5. Hazing and Related Drinking in an Addictive Fraternity Chapter by James C. Arnold
6. Pledging and Hazing in African-American Fraternities and Sororities by D. Jason DeSousa, Michael V. W. Gordon, and Walter M. Kimbrough
7. Examining Violence in Black Fraternity Pledging by Ricky L. Jones
8. Troubled Times in a Fraternity System by Jonathan R. Farr
9. A Sorority Executive's Perspective on Hazing: A Conversation with Holly Hart McKiernan
10. Military Hazing by Hank Nuwer
11. Rites oflc%