1st Edition

Navigating Differences Friendships Between Gay and Straight Men

By Samuel M. Steward, PhD Copyright 1999
186 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

187 Pages
by Routledge

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,... Read more
Contents Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter I. Literature Review
  • Men’s Friendships
  • Men and Emotions
  • Gender
  • Men Doing Gender
  • ChapterII. Methods
  • Data Collection
  • Data Analysis
  • Group Demographic Characteristics
  • ChapterIII. Embracing Differences
  • Time Together
  • Embeddedness
  • Emotional Communication
  • Sexual Challenges
  • Conclusion
  • ChapterIV. Ignoring Differences
  • Time Together
  • Embeddedness
  • Emotional Communication
  • Sexual Challenges
  • Conclusion
  • ChapterV. Struggling with Differences
  • Time Together
  • Embeddedness
  • Emotional Communication
  • Sexual Challenges
  • Conclusion
  • ChapterVI. Power, Difference, and Multiplicity
  • Gender Enactment
  • Taking the Role of “Different” Other
  • Additional Explanations
  • Integrating Sexuality and Gender
  • Conclusion
  • ChapterVII. Methodological Reflections
  • Sample Limitations
  • Researcher/Participant Dynamics
  • Impact on Men’s Lives
  • ChapterVIII. Conclusions: Activism as an Unintended Consequence of Value-Committed Research
  • Influence of Activism on Research
  • Getting Started
  • Shifting the Position of Power
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Interview Guide for Gay Men
  • Appendix B: Interview Guide for Straight Men
  • Appendix C: Informed Consent
  • Appendix D: Transcription Confidentiality
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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