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Bromance: Male Friendship, Love and Sport

Bromance: Male Friendship, Love and Sport

Anderson, Eric
Robinson, Stefan

Paperback

Sports GeneralGeneral DramaGeneral Gender Studies

Publisher Price: $29.99

ISBN10: 3030986098
ISBN13: 9783030986094
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: Apr 30 2022
Pages: 278
Weight: 0.77
Height: 0.61 Width: 5.83 Depth: 8.27
Language: English

Unraveling the stereotype that men's friendships are unemotional and shallow, this book provides the first detailed account of the bromance that exists among young men. Drawing on one year of ethnography and 20 in-depth interviews among a university sport team, the authors show that these men reject traditional masculine boundaries, instead prioritizing an emotional and tactile form of friendship. Chapters detail the cultural shift in society's views on bromances, showing that bromances exists as an elevated, more emotional and intimate form of friendship, existing as a further positive consequence of decreasing cultural homophobia. By focusing on sport--which has traditionally been seen as a homophobic environment with toxic constructions of manhood--the authors show that even in the most traditionally masculine of settings, young men are rethinking what male friendship looks like, what it means to be a man, and the positive impact this can have on their mental health.

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