Bock, Sheila, authorUtah State University Press, publisher2023-09-272023-09-272023https://hdl.handle.net/10217/237142Examines the growing tradition of decorating mortarboards at college graduations and is grounded in folkloristic studies that take performance-centered approaches to material culture.--Provided by publisher.Crafting Performances of Self -- Dress and the Visual Rhetorics of Belonging and Exclusion in the Commencement Ritual -- Into the Public Sphere: Countering, Rearticulating, and Reimagining Dominant Narratives of Citizenship -- Undisciplining Graduation -- Conclusion: A Brief Reflection on Trivial Matters.born digitalbooksengCopyright and other restrictions may apply. User is responsible for compliance with all applicable laws. For information about copyright law, please see https://libguides.colostate.edu/copyright.All rights reserved. User is responsible for compliance. Please contact University Press of Colorado at https://upcolorado.com/our-books/rights-and-permissions for use information.Academic costume -- Social aspects -- United StatesCommencement ceremonies -- Social aspects -- United StatesAcademic achievement -- Social aspects -- United StatesEducation, Higher -- Aims and objectives -- United StatesDegrees, Academic -- United States -- Psychological aspectsCollege graduates -- United States -- AttitudesUniversities and colleges -- United States -- Sociological aspectsTextAccess is limited to the Adams State University, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado State University, Colorado State University Pueblo, Fort Lewis College, Metropolitan State University of Denver, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Colorado Boulder, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver, University of Northern Colorado, University of Wyoming, Utah State University, and Western Colorado University members only.