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DESCRIPTION:Odd Couples: Friendships at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual 
 Orientation \na reading & discussion with author Anna Muraco\n\nOdd 
 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\ntwo 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.\nFriendship itself—whether intersectional or 
 not—becomes the center of the analysis, taking its place as an important 
 influence on the social behavior of adults.\n\nAnna Muraco is Assistant 
 Professor of Sociology at Loyola Marymount University in Los 
 Angeles.\n\n\n\n"Theoretically important and fascinating to read, Odd 
 Couples adds to the surprisingly scant social scientific literature on 
 friendship. More significantly, it explores friendships between gay men and 
 straight women and between lesbians and straight men in a way that no other 
 work has. Clearly locating her study in the psychological and sociological 
 literature on friendships, family, identity development, and gender issues, 
 Anna Muraco adds to our understanding of gay and lesbian lives and raises 
 provocative questions about gender and sexuality."—Peter M. Nardi, author 
 of Gay Men's Friendships:\nInvincible Communities\n\n"In this extremely 
 engaging and enlightening book, Anna Muraco sheds new light on the 
 intersection of sex and sexual orientation, the complexity of friendship, 
 and its relevance in contemporary North American society."—Brian de 
 Vries, coeditor of Gay and Lesbian Agin\n 
 http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/08/18721236.php
SUMMARY:Odd Couples: Friendships at the Intersection of Gender and Sexual Orientation
LOCATION:Modern Times Bookstore Collective \n2919 24th St\nSan Francisco CA
URL:http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/09/08/18721236.php
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