Men's Friendships
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Men's Friendships

  1. 256 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
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Men's Friendships

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As definitions of masculinity change, how friendships are organized by men is also affected. However, interactions among and between men are not only shaped by gender. This volume offers an analysis of the differences within the genders and the social forces that shape the ways in which friendship is organized.

Through different perspectives, the contributors show that a greater variation exists within rather than between the genders. They focus on the diversity in men's friendships and how men develop and maintain friendships with both men and women. Chapters focus on philosophical and historical questions; illustrate the strong connection between social structure and men's friendships; and consider cultural

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
1992
ISBN
9781452253077
Edition
1
Topic
Sozialwissenschaften
Subtopic
Genderforschung

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Chapter 1 - "Seamless Souls": An Introduction to Men's Friendships
  5. Part I - Perspectives on Men's Friendships
  6. Chapter 2 - Rejection, Vulnerability, and Friendship
  7. Chapter 3 - "Our Eyes Behold Each Other": Masculinity and Intimate Friendship in Antebellum New England
  8. Part II - Friendship and Social Structural Variations
  9. Chapter 4 - The Spatial Foundations of Men's Friendships and Men's Power
  10. Chapter 5 - Men in Networks: Private Communities, Domestic Friendships
  11. Chapter 6 - Men's Families, Men's Friends: A Structural Analysis of Constraints on Men's Social Ties
  12. Chapter 7 - Self-Disclosure in Men's Friendships: Variations Associated with Intimate Relations
  13. Chapter 8 - Men's Friendships with Women: Intimacy, Sexual Boundaries, and the Informant Role
  14. Part III - Cultural Diversity in Men's Friendships
  15. Chapter 9 - Sex, Friendship, and Gender Roles among Gay Men
  16. Chapter 10 - The Relationship Between Male-Male Friendship and Male-Female Marriage: American Indian and Asian Comparisons
  17. Chapter 11 - "Hey, Home—Yo, Bro": Friendship Among Black Men
  18. Chapter 12 - Like Family: Power, Intimacy, and Sexuality in Male Athletes' Friendships
  19. Index
  20. About the Contributors