Romantic relationships and their social context among gay/bisexual male youth in the Castro District of San Francisco
Romantic relationships and their social context among gay/bisexual male youth in the Castro District of San Francisco
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DOI：
10.1080/00918360802101039
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发表时间：
2007-01-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Strong, Thomas
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作者：
Eyre, Stephen L.;Arnold, Emily;Strong, Thomas
本文探讨了同性恋/双性恋男性青年之间的浪漫关系的文化在旧金山弗朗西斯科区。本文试图具体说明的文化意识形态，告知这些关系，民族志观察，自传体帐户，和线人文化注释。这篇文章还试图将浪漫关系中的思维和经验联系起来（例如，结合，嫉妒）到与浪漫关系相关的社会行为模式（例如，关系隔离，欺骗），显示了双方是如何通过共同的假设，使这些情绪和手势理解的群体。关于爱，兼容性和一夫一妻制的信念进行了探讨。互惠，包括其退化为负面形式，重点是在浪漫关系中交换的价值单位，特别是情感礼物。研究了标志着浪漫关系开始的承诺姿态以及“分手”后关系动态的延伸（例如“报复性行为”和“反弹关系”）。挑战浪漫主义意识形态的文化体系，例如与性探索/性娱乐的精神相联系的性相关的声望经济，与浪漫的吸引力相权衡。“戏剧”，同性恋青年的标志，是在浪漫文化的背景下看待。
This article examines the culture of romantic relationships among gay/bisexual male youth in the Castro District of San Francisco. The article seeks to specify the cultural ideology that informs these relationships, drawing upon ethnographic observation, autobiographical accounts, and informant cultural exegesis. The article also seeks to link thinking and experience inside romantic relationships (e.g., bonding, jealousy) to patterns of social behavior associated with romantic relationships (e.g., relationship sequestering, cheating), showing how both are informed by shared assumptions which make these emotions and gestures intelligible to the group. Beliefs about love, compatibility, and monogamy are explored. Reciprocity, including its degradation into negative forms, is examined with focus on the units of value that are exchanged in romantic relationships, in particular sentimental gifts. Gestures of commitment that mark commencement of a romantic relationship as well as extension of the dynamics of a relationship after "breakup" (as in "revenge sex" and "rebound relationships") are examined. Cultural systems that challenge adherence to a romantic ideology, such as a prestige economy associated with sex linked to an ethos of sexual exploration/recreation, are weighed against the pull of romance. "Drama," a hallmark of gay youth, is viewed in the context of romantic culture.