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On the meaning of friendship between gay men / Andrew R. Gottlieb, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay men--Social networks.
- Gay men.
- Gay men--Social conditions.
- Gay men--Psychology.
- Male friendship.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 156 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2008.
- Summary:
- On the Meaning of Friendship Between Gay Men takes readers beyond an exploration of gay sexuality into the importance of friendship, providing deep insights into a range of dimensions, including Mentorship, Spirituality, Survival, and Partnership. Leading gay authors offer a wide range of perspectives in this intimate and very accessible book.
- While other texts approach the subject from a more academic bent, this book offers readers of all types an easy-to-read, enjoyable way to contemplate what friendship means to them. Seventeen essays grouped into eight chapters discuss diverse perspectives on the crucial and personal issue of friendship, or what Editor Andrew R. Gottlieb calls "a family of choice."
- Contents:
- Why "friendship" works
- and doesn't / Frederick S. Roden
- 715 Willey Street / Jeff Mann
- Time and tide / Marc E. Vargo
- The grounds on which we met : friendship and the possible / Ed Madden
- Larry, me, and "the family" / Neil Kaminsky
- Circuitries of friendship : camaraderie and collectivity on the gay dance floor / Vincent A. Lankewish
- A towel and a TV / Michael E. Thomas II
- More was better : sex with friends / Chris Packard
- The crossing / E.M. Kahn
- The country club / Michael E. Thomas II
- Soul friend / Thomas Lawrence Long
- A string theory of friendship / Jay Quinn
- Not quite there / Felice Picano
- The absence : living everyday life without gay male friends / Eric Aoki
- Friends : when are they necessary? / Jeffrey Dudgeon
- Notes from the apocalypse : a week with Katrina / Marc E. Vargo
- Subject : friendship / Dan Martin and Michael Biello.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780789033543
- 0789033542
- OCLC:
- 180989532
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