We're Just Good Friends: Women and Men in Nonromantic Relationships (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781572301870)

This book provides a long-overdue look at the challenges and rewards of nonromantic friendships between women and men. Drawing from a range of literature and her own extensive research, the author presents her examination of these relationships in a clear organizational framework. Topics covered include the everyday dynamics of cross-sex friendships and their societal effects and influences. The author also explores ways that these relationships are developed and maintained, and ways they may come to an end. Illustrated with numerous interviews and segments of conversations between male and female friends, the book offers important insight into such issues as gender-role expectancies, relationship norms and goals, and cultural assumptions about friendship and sexuality.


Author: Kathy Werking
ISBN-10: 1572301872
ISBN-13: 9781572301870
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Language: English
Published: 05/02/1997
Pages: 193
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.17w x 0.86d