"Laurie Wilkie is making an important statement about the culture of fraternities, saving them from uncritical celebration on the one hand and the ' Animal House ' image on the other. She has given us a fascinating case study in the value and importance of the archaeology of the recent past."Matthew Johnson, author of Ideas of Landscape "A fresh look at fraternity life, offering a nuanced view of its social benefits and shortcomings. This is an insightful and innovative interdisciplinary contribution to the emergent field of contemporary archaeology as well as to masculinity st.