1st Edition
Navigating Differences Friendships Between Gay and Straight Men
By Raymond Berger
Copyright 1999
186 Pages
by
Routledge
188 Pages
by
Routledge
187 Pages
by
Routledge
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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
Biography
Jammie Price
