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Originally posted by Diamond Delta
I do not plan to write a thesis per se about sorority ritual, but I am collecting data on them and will write a descriptive essay about the similarities and differences in the rituals w/out naming the actual groups. I think it would be itneresting to many people to know some of the similarities.
I read the paper at the above post a while back and that is what got me interested in possibly publishing a piece of my own one day. But writing is soooo laborious. Who knows if it will ever be finished?
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DiamondD,
There is a dissertation that analyzes the content of rituals. I borrowed it via interlibrary loan. Written by a man -- University of Mississippi, maybe? Don't know author/title/year. A search of Dissertation Abstracts would turn it up.
In 1993 I went to a conference in Indpls and took time to tour all the GLO HQs. At the Lambda Chi HQ they gave me a publication called "Ritual--What and Why." The intro says it is "an exoteric or open publication of the LXA Fraternity. The booklet should be readily accessible to Associate Members as well as to Initiated Members. It is appropriate to share it with prospective members, members of other college fraternities, and individuals interested in the subject of ritualism."
AGDAlum