Gay Men's Friendships: Invincible Communities

by Peter M. Nardi

Book Overview

Based on surveys and interviews of two hundred gay men, Peter Nardi's new study presents the first book-length examination of contemporary urban gay men's friendships. Expertly weaving historical and sociological research on friendship with firsthand information, Nardi argues that friendship is the central organizing element of gay men's lives. Through friendship, gay identities and communities are created, transformed, maintained, and reproduced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226568490
• ISBN13: 9780226568492
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

well written & thought provoking

This book is very nicely written. Like any very good book, it holds a mirror to one's own life, and provokes reflection on how one's own friendships happen or fade away.

Fascinating study

Great to read an intelligent, well-written book about gay people that actually says something. Learned a lot about my own friendships and it answered some questions I had about what others think about sex and friendships.

An important and interesting study.

I really learned a great deal from this book and would recommend it to anyone-- gay or straight-- who is interested in the topic of friendship. Nardi presents fascinating data from his study, and he is an astute social analyst.