The American fraternity : Psi Rho ritual book / [photography by Andrew Moisey].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moisey, Andrew, photographer.

Contributor:

Robinson, Cynthia, 1958- writer of added commentary.

Syrett, Nicholas L., writer of added commentary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greek letter societies--Pictorial works.

Greek letter societies.

Greek letter societies--United States.

United States.

Masculinity--United States.

Masculinity.

Artists' books--United States.

Artists' books.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

193 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 21 cm + 1 leaflet (8 pages ; 28 x 21 cm folded to 14 x 21 cm)

Place of Publication:

[United States] : Daylight Books, 2018.

Summary:

"The American Fraternity is a photobook that provides an intimate and provocative look at Greek culture on college campuses by combining contemporary photographs with scanned pages from a wax-stained 60 year old ritual manual. This book will shed new light on the peculiarities of the fraternal orders which count seventy-five percent of modern U.S. presidents, senators, justices, and executives among their members. These mysterious campus organizations are filled with arcane oaths and ceremonies and this book attempts to capture within its pages some of this dark power"--Publisher's website, January 23, 2019.

Contents:

U.S. presidents in college fraternal orders.

Ritual of initiation.

The lecture.

The libations.

Candle ceremony.

Organization.

Appendix: Men of distinction.

Essays: Girlplay / Cynthia Robinson.

Afterword / Nicholas L. Syrett.

Notes:

Artist's book: photographs of life and rituals at a fraternity at the University of Berkeley he calls "Phi Rho", with text from a fraternity handbook.

Bound in limp black leather.

Includes facsimile of essay "How to be a man amongst brothers" by Justin F. Romberg on 5 sheets stapled together at the top right-hand corner. Inserted loose.

ISBN:

1942084552

9781942084556

OCLC:

1055679234