Based on surveys and interviews of two hundred gay men, Peter
Nardi's new study presents the first book-length examination of
contemporary urban gay men's friendships. Expertly 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 behavior and attraction
affects these friendships, and how, for many, friends mean more and
last longer than romantic relationships. While looking at the
psychological joys and sorrows of friendship, he also considers the
cultural constraints limiting gay men in contemporary urban
America--especially those that deal with dominant images of
masculinity and heterosexuality--and how they relate to friendship.
By listening to gay men talk about their interactions, Nardi offers
a rare glimpse into the mechanisms of gay life. We learn how gay
men meet their friends, what they typically do and talk about, and
how these strong relationships contain the roots of larger cultural
forces such as social movements and gay identities and
neighborhoods. Nardi also points out the political and social
consequences when friendships fail to provide support against
oppression.
An intimate and informative look at gay life in urban America, "Gay
Men's Friendships" ultimately shows how these relationships
challenge the gender order of our society by questioning how
masculinity is constructed and by offering a model for a more
creative blending of gay and heterosexual masculinity.
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