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Odd Couples: Friendships at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation

Odd Couples: Friendships at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation

Muraco, Anna

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General Gender StudiesGLBTQIA Studies

ISBN10: 0822351927
ISBN13: 9780822351924
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: Apr 30 2012
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.65
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Odd Couples examines friendships between gay men and straight women, and also between lesbians and straight men, and shows how these intersectional friendships serve as a barometer for shifting social norms, particularly regarding gender and sexual orientation. Based on author Anna Muraco's interviews, the work challenges two widespread assumptions: that men and women are fundamentally different and that men and women can only forge significant bonds within romantic relationships. Intersectional friendships challenge a variety of social norms, Muraco says, including the limited roles that men and women are expected to play in one another's lives. Each chapter uses these boundary-crossing relationships to highlight how key social constructs such as family, politics, gender, and sexuality shape everyday interactions. Friendship itself-whether intersectional or not-becomes the center of the analysis, taking its place as an important influence on the social behavior of adults.

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