ISBN:
9780789006196
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (188 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Navigating Differences : Friendships Between Gay and Straight Men
DDC:
302.34081
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Navigating Differences: Friendships Between Gay and Straight Men is a one-of-a-kind cross-sexual study that shows you how today's gay and straight men build, maintain, and foster true friendships. In this activist, participatory study, you'll get a day-in-the-life look at 44 pairs of cross-sexual men's friendships and see what helps them negotiate the terrain of their emotional, sexual, psychological, and social differences in today's climate of often publicly defended homophobia and heterosexism.Navigating Differences succeeds in bringing the true picture of cross-sexual men's relat
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Navigating Differences: Friendships Between Gay and Straight Men; Copyright; CONTENTS; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Literature Review; MEN'S FRIENDSHIPS; MEN AND EMOTIONS; GENDER; MEN DOING GENDER; Chapter 2 Methods; DATA COLLECTION; DATA ANALYSIS; GROUP DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; Chapter 3 Embracing Differences; TIME TOGETHER; EMBEDDEDNESS; EMOTIONAL COMMUNICATION; SEXUAL CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; Chapter 4 Ignoring Differences; TIME TOGETHER; EMBEDDEDNESS; EMOTIONAL COMMUNICATION; SEXUAL CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; Chapter 5 Struggling with Differences
Description / Table of Contents:
TIME TOGETHEREMBEDDEDNESS; EMOTIONAL COMMUNICATION; SEXUAL CHALLENGES; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6 Power, Difference, and Multiplicity; GENDER ENACTMENT; TAKING THE ROLE OF ""DIFFERENT"" OTHER; ADDITIONAL EXPLANATIONS; INTEGRATING SEXUALITY AND GENDER; CONCLUSION; Chapter 7 Methodological Reflections; SAMPLE LIMITATIONS; RESEARCHER/PARTICIPANT DYNAMICS; IMPACT ON THE MEN'S LIVES; Chapter 8 Conclusion: Activism As an Unintended Consequence of Value-Committed Research; INFLUENCE OF ACTIVISM ON RESEARCH; GETTING STARTED; SHIFTING THE POSITION OF POWER; CONCLUSION
Description / Table of Contents:
Appendix A: Interview Guide for Gay MenAppendix B: Interview Guide for Straight Men; Appendix C: Informed Consent; Appendix D: Transcription Confidentiality; Notes; References; Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
