Homoaffectionalism: Male Bonding from Gilgamesh to the Present

Paul Hardman's provocative but always critical study is the first major treatment of homoaffectionalism in any language. A worthy successor to Hans Blüher's classic work on the role of homoeroticism in male society, it concludes with a probing analysis of the current dispute over the right of lovers of their own sex to serve in America's armed forces.