College Friends: Promoters or Subverters of Gendered Social Reproduction? Open Access

Abstract

The American college experience is often portrayed as the ultimate equalizer, promising both economic and social mobility. In this study, I interview and survey students at Emory University to observe the way in which students make their friends and whether these networks traverse barriers of habitus, class, culture, race, and gender. Through this analysis, I seek to explore the extent to which friendship, widely perceived as a non-utilitarian relationship, is in fact constructed amid and deeply rooted within hierarchies of gendered social capital, the cornerstone of social reproduction. 

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Table of Contents

Introduction………………………………………………………………...1

Methods………………………………………………………………….......4

Key Concepts:…………………………………………………………….....1

Greek Life and Pierre Bourdieu’s Theories of Capital……………..8

Results……………………………………………………………………......10

Implications for Future Research................................................25

Conclusion..................................................................................25

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School	Emory College
Department	Quantitative Science
Degree	B.S.
Submission	Honors Thesis
Language	English
Research Field	Anthropology, Cultural
Keyword	Friendship
Committee Chair / Thesis Advisor	Pablo Montagnes, Emory University
Committee Members	Bruce Kauft, Emory University Xochitl Marsilli-Vargas, Emory University

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