`Seamless Souls' - Peter M Nardi An Introduction to Men's Friendships PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON MEN'S FRIENDSHIPS Rejection, Vulnerability, and Men's Friendships - Victor J Seidler `Our Eyes Behold Each Other' - Karen V Hansen Masculinity and Intimate Friendship in Antebellum New England PART TWO: FRIENDSHIP AND SOCIAL STRUCTURAL VARIATIONS The Spatial Foundations of Men's Friendships and Men's Power - Daphne Spain Men in Networks - Barry Wellman Private Communities, Domestic Friendships Men's Families, Men's Friends - Theodore F Cohen A Structural Analysis of Constraints on Men's Social Ties Self-Disclosure in Men's Friendships - Helen M Reid and Gary Alan Fine Variations Associated with Intimate Relations Men's Friendships with Women - Scott O Swain Intimacy, Sexual Boundaries, and the Informant Role PART THREE: CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN MEN'S FRIENDSHIPS Sex, Friendship, and Gender Roles Among Gay Men - Peter M Nardi The Relationship Between Male-Male Friendship and Male-Female Marriage - Walter L Williams American Indian and Asian Comparisons `Hey Home - Yo Bro' - Clyde W Franklin II Friendship Among Black Men Like Family - Michael A Messner Power, Intimacy, and Sexuality in Male Athletes' Friendships