基本信息出版社：Hyperion
页码：384 页
出版日期：2004年04月
ISBN：1401300464
International Standard Book Number：1401300464
条形码：9781401300463
EAN：9781401300463
装帧：精装
正文语种：英语
外文书名：誓言: 大学女生联谊会的秘密生活

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lexandra Robbins wanted to find out if the stereotypes about sorority girls were actually true, so she spent a year with a group of girls in a typical sorority. The sordid behavior of sorority girls exceeded her worst expectations-drugs, psychological abuse, extreme promiscuity, racism, violence, and rampant eating disorders are just a few of the problems. But even more surprising was the fact that these abuses were inflicted and endured by intelligent, successful, and attractive women. Why is the desire to belong to a sorority so powerful that women are willing to engage in this type of behavio r-especially when the women involved are supposed to be considered 'sisters'? What definition of sisterhood do many women embrace? Pledged combines a sharp-eyed narrative with extensive reporting and the fly-on-the-wall voyeurism of reality shows to provide the answer.
作者简介 Alexandra Robbins, a former staff member of The New Yorker, is the author of Secrets of the Tomb and the coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Quarterlife Crisis. She appears regularly in the national media, on such shows as the Today Show, Oprah, 60 Minutes, CNN's Daybreak, and the Early Show, and her work has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, USA Today, Self, and Mademoiselle.
媒体推荐 "Fascinating and eye-opening . . . Pledged is still a powerful warning and an astonishing slice of American life." -- Washington Monthly

"Fascinating reading." -- Booklist, March 2004

"Funny but alarming." -- People, April 12, 2004

"The narrative . . . is better than reality TV -- it's riveting." -- Elle Girl
专业书评 From Publishers Weekly

Robbins, who previously researched Yale's Skull and Bones Society for Secrets of the Tomb and also coauthored Quarterlife Crisis, went undercover for the 2002-2003 academic year to investigate the inner workings of "Greek" (National Panhellenic Conference) sororities. Sororities are far from anachronisms; there are presently some 3.5 million women in almost 3,000 Greek chapters on campuses across America. After the national office forbade locals from cooperating with Robbins, she disguised herself as an undergrad and found four sorority women willing to risk expulsion to help her. While Robbins structures her narrative around the year's ritual cycle-the rush, the bid, pledging, initiation, Greek Week, etc.-the timeless soap opera of sorority life occupies center stage. And although battles between girls can be wrenching, there's nothing like a date gone wrong to bring out the tearsa?"and the thermos of vodka. Beyond romance, Robbins's informants have their own issues, among them, being black and poor in a rich white sorority and recovering from date rape by a frat brother. These problems are worsened by an environment that encourages binge drinking, drug abuse, eating disorders and blind obedience to what their pledge masters or sorority elders tell them to do. Historically black sororities, which are not the focus of this book, do have a reputation for promoting community service and sisterhood; "historically white" sororities, Robbins concludes, are really just social groups for making friends and meeting guys, despite their claims to academic and service values. Robbins makes suggestions for reforming sororities-more adult supervision, ending pledging, etc.-although the demystification that comes from reading her front-line account may be the best prescription.
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