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Gay Men's Friendships
Peter M. Nardi
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Description for Gay Men's Friendships
Paperback. This study presents an examination of contemporary urban gay men's lives. The author explores the meaning of friends to gay men, how friends become a surrogate family, how sexual behaviour and attraction affect these friendships, and how, for many friends mean more than romantic relationships. Series: Worlds of Desire S. Num Pages: 262 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
Based on surveys and interviews of two hundred gay men, this study presents an examination of contemporary urban gay men's friendships. Weaving historical and sociological research on friendship with firsthand information, Nardi argues that friendship is the central organizing element of gay men's lives. Through friendship, gay identities and communities are created, transformed, maintained and reproduced. Nardi explores the meaning of friends to some gay men, how friends often become a surrogate family, how sexual behaviour and attraction affects these friendships, and how, for many, friends mean more and last longer than romantic relationships. While looking at the psychological joys ... Read more
Based on surveys and interviews of two hundred gay men, this study presents an examination of contemporary urban gay men's friendships. Weaving historical and sociological research on friendship with firsthand information, Nardi argues that friendship is the central organizing element of gay men's lives. Through friendship, gay identities and communities are created, transformed, maintained and reproduced. Nardi explores the meaning of friends to some gay men, how friends often become a surrogate family, how sexual behaviour and attraction affects these friendships, and how, for many, friends mean more and last longer than romantic relationships. While looking at the psychological joys ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
Series
Worlds of Desire S.
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226568492
SKU
V9780226568492
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