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What Does It Mean To Be A Gay Man Living In The Suburbs? Do You Identify Primarily As Gay, Or Suburban, Or Some Combination Of The Two? For That Matter, How Does Anyone Decide What His Or Her Identity Is? In This First-ever Ethnography Of American Gay Suburbanites, Wayne H. Brekhus Demonstrates That Who One Is Depends At Least In Part On Where And When One Is. For Many Urban Gay Men, Being Homosexual Is Key To Their Identity Because They Live, Work, And Socialize In Almost Exclusively Gay Circles. Brekhus Calls Such Men Lifestylers Or Peacocks. Chameleons Or Commuters, On The Other Hand, Live And Work In Conventional Suburban Settings, But Lead Intense Gay Social And Sexual Lives Outside The Suburbs. Centaurs, Meanwhile, Or Integrators, Mix Typical Suburban Jobs And Homes With Low-key Gay Social And Sexual Activities. In Other Words, Lifestylers See Homosexuality As Something You Are, Commuters As Something You Do, And Integrators As Part Of Yourself. Ultimately, Brekhus Shows That Lifestyling, Commuting, And Integrating Embody Competing Identity Strategies That Occur Not Only Among Gay Men But Across A Broad Range Of Social Categories. What Results, Then, Is An Innovative Work Tha

Author

Brekhus, Wayne

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226072913

Subjects

Gender Studies, Social_sciences