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Bromance : male friendship, love and sport / Stefan Robinson, Eric Anderson.

By: Robinson, Stefan [author.]Contributor(s): Anderson, Eric, 1968- [author.] | Gale (Firm)Material type: Text

TextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (xi, 278 pages) : color illustrations, chartsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783030986100Subject(s): Male friendship | Masculinity in sportsDDC classification: 302.340811 LOC classification: HQ1090 | .R63 2022ebOnline resources: Click here to access online

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Friendship -- 3. Homosociality -- 4. Theorizing masculinity -- 5. Illustrating the bromance -- 5. Building the bromance -- 7. Cuddling and spooning -- 8. Kissing -- 9. Popularity and banter in a bromantic culture -- 10. Bromances and gay men -- 11. Sexuality -- 12. Privileging the bromance -- 13. Discussing the bromance.

Summary: This book draws on interviews among a university sport team and shows that these men reject traditional masculine boundaries, instead prioritizing an emotional and tactile form of friendship that exists as a further positive consequence of decreasing cultural homophobia. It unravels the stereotype that men's friendships are unemotional and shallow.

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Item type	Current location	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online	Gratia Christian College Library Internet	E-book	HQ1090 .R63 2022eb (Browse shelf)	Available		8000430F

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This book draws on interviews among a university sport team and shows that these men reject traditional masculine boundaries, instead prioritizing an emotional and tactile form of friendship that exists as a further positive consequence of decreasing cultural homophobia. It unravels the stereotype that men's friendships are unemotional and shallow.