Muraco Odd Couples

Friendships at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9511-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten

Muraco studies friendships between straight women and gay men and straight men and lesbians to consider how their relationships both challenge and reinforce conventional notions of sexuality and gender. Based on in-depth interviews, the book considers how people experience gender and sex roles differently within these intersectional relationships.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Muraco, Anna

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies: Homosexualität, LGBTQ+
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

1. You've Got to Have Friends
Vignette: Frank and Rebecca 13

2. Snapshots of the Intersectional Friendship
Vignette: Ming and Ben 35

3. We Are Family
Vignette: Brenda and Dan 56

4. Gender Cops and Robbers
Vignette: Mark and Cristina 78

5. What's Sex Got to Do with It?
Vignette: Justine and Antonio 101

6. The Personal Is Political
Vignette: Leyla and Ethan 118

7. The Future of Intersectional Friendships 145

Appendix 1 155

Appendix 2 157

Appendix 3 163

Notes 167

References 173

Index 187

Über Autor(innen)

Anna Muraco is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University.