The social sex : a history of female friendship / Marilyn Yalom, with Theresa Donovan Brown
- Author:
- Yalom, Marilyn
- Published:
- New York, NY : Harper Perennial, [2015]
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 382 pages ; 21 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Brown, Theresa Donovan
- Contents:
- Looking for friendship in the bible -- Philosophers and clerics -- Premodern nuns -- Gossips and soul mates -- Precious ladies -- Patriotic friendships -- Romantic friendships -- Quilt, pray, club -- College girls, city girls, and the new woman -- Eleanor roosevelt and her friends -- From couplehood to sisterhood -- Friendtimacy -- Give and take : friendship in a market economy -- Can women and men be "just friends"?
- Summary:
- Examines the history of female friendship, looking at how women were once considered to be incapable of the highest forms of friendship, and how they were able to co-opt this relationship ideal for themselves over the years. --Publisher's description.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780062265500 (paperback)
0062265504 (paperback) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased with funds from the Robert E. and Joyce L. Umbaugh Libraries Endowment for the Penn State DuBois Campus Library; 2015
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