Bromance : male friendship, love and sport

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Bromance : male friendship, love and sport

Stefan Robinson, Eric Anderson

Palgrave Macmillan, c2022

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-278)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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. This book will be relevant to a number of audiences including scholars and students in masculinity studies, queer studies, and friendship studies; LGBTQ+ activists and allies with interest in straight men's friendships and sports cultures; and men's mental health advocates.

Table of Contents

1.Introduction.- 2. Friendship.- 3. Homosociality.- 4. Theorizing Masculinity.- 5. Illustrating the Bromance.- 6. Building the Bromance.- 7. Cuddling and Spooning.- 8. Kissing.- 9. Developing Popularity in a Bromantic Culture.- 10. Bromances and Gay Men.- 11. Sexuality.- 12. Privileging the Bromance.- 13. Discussing the Bromance.

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  • NCID
    BC1367774X
  • ISBN
    • 9783030986094
  • Country Code
    sz
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cham
  • Pages/Volumes
    xi, 278 p.
  • Size
    21 cm
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