From: Prem Kumar Vijayan <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thursday, January 25, 2001 2:18 AM Subject: Re: homosocial Thanks Jo-Ann, will follow up on that. While on this, would you know if the idea - if not the term itself - was originally from Rene Girard? And what the reference for that would be? PK. No, I'm sorry, I don't. The Sedgwick reference is the first I ever saw the expression and I don't recall that she gave a prior citation--though it's possible. I would check her bibliography and see where that leads. Jo Ann