Friendship
Subtitle: an exposé
By: Joseph Epstein.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780618341498
Subjects: Epstein, Joseph, 1937- -- Friends and associates.; Friendship.; Friendship in literature.
Description: An analysis of the changing face of modern-day friendship examines the forces and factors that have shaped friendship, the differences between male and female friendships, and the duties and requirements of friendship.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A number of mildly outrageous generalizations : a little taxonomy of friendship; title: A charming little gift for false intimacies; title: Best friends; title: The quickest way to kill friendships; title: Friends-who needs 'em?; title: An extremely sketchy history of friendship; title: Friendship, thy name is reciprocity, or is it obligation?; title: A friendship diary : adulation, stimulation, obligation; title: Pity is at the bottom of women; title: Boys will be boys; title: Petty details vs. eternal verities; title: Disparate friends; title: Cliques & clans & communities; title: Talking the talk; title: Techno-friendships; title: Friendship's new rival; title: Broken friendships; title: Friendlessness; title: Is there an art of friendship?