TY - JOUR
T1 - Between Crisis and Opportunity
T2 - Eritrean Refugee Men in Israel Negotiating Masculinity
AU - Birger, Lior
AU - Peled, Einat
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2022.
PY - 2022/6
Y1 - 2022/6
N2 - The complex intersection of migration and masculinity is a growing field of study. This research explores how married Eritrean refugee men in Israel negotiated masculinity-related challenges within the context of gender relations. A constructivist notion of masculinity informed an interpretive analysis of in-depths interviews with the Eritrean men. It depicted the men’s experiences of a loss of power within gender relations as a “crisis” of masculinity. We explore the intersecting contexts of migration, gender, and culture surrounding these masculinity experiences, as well as the impact of state power that is enacted upon the men via their legal status of “permanent temporariness” and in gendered encounters with state authorities. Finally, we describe and discuss three main strategies the men employed to negotiate masculinity in their relationships with women within these complex circumstances: ruling, migration as an opportunity, and temporary acceptance.
AB - The complex intersection of migration and masculinity is a growing field of study. This research explores how married Eritrean refugee men in Israel negotiated masculinity-related challenges within the context of gender relations. A constructivist notion of masculinity informed an interpretive analysis of in-depths interviews with the Eritrean men. It depicted the men’s experiences of a loss of power within gender relations as a “crisis” of masculinity. We explore the intersecting contexts of migration, gender, and culture surrounding these masculinity experiences, as well as the impact of state power that is enacted upon the men via their legal status of “permanent temporariness” and in gendered encounters with state authorities. Finally, we describe and discuss three main strategies the men employed to negotiate masculinity in their relationships with women within these complex circumstances: ruling, migration as an opportunity, and temporary acceptance.
KW - Africa
KW - crisis of masculinities
KW - gender relations
KW - immigration
KW - marriage
KW - refugees
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85115026546&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1097184X211045726
DO - 10.1177/1097184X211045726
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AN - SCOPUS:85115026546
SN - 1097-184X
VL - 25
SP - 252
EP - 270
JO - Men and Masculinities
JF - Men and Masculinities
IS - 2
ER -