TY  - JOUR
TT  - Between Recognition And Betrayal The Migrant Man in the Mixed Couple: The Management of Masculinity(ies)
AU  - Cerchiaro, Francesco
PY  - 2016
DA  - June
JF  - Masculinities: A Journal of Identity and Culture
JO  - Masculinities Journal
PB  - Murat GÖÇ
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2148-3841
SP  - 53
EP  - 78
IS  - 5
KW  - Karşıcins çiftler
KW  - Hristiyan-Müslüman Çiftler
KW  - Müslüman erkeklik
KW  - göçmen erkekler
N2  - This paper is based on the life stories of couples, of which the man is an immigrant, originally from countries with Muslim traditions, now married to an Italian woman. Such mixed couples, over-exposed to the public discourse on difference, give us a privileged focus on an atypical form of male migration, which breaks the endogamic rule due to a sentimental choice. The reconciliation among themes of migration, memory and parenting is framed within a further complexity. On one hand, the men try to distance themselves from the hegemonic public discourse which associates Muslim men with religious fundamentalism, sexism, and control over women; on the other hand, they must demonstrate to their families of origin and to co-nationals that they have not betrayed their culture by crossing boundaries - either geographically, through migration, or symbolically, through their union with Italian women. Focusing on two meaningful everyday scenarios, this paper highlights one of the peculiarities of the biographical trajectory of male partners, analysing their management of masculinity: the visit of couples to their partners’ country of origin and their relationship with conationals within the context of migration. Masculinity thus appears in relational processes performed by the social actors involved in its construction. New paths of masculinity emerge: strategic, in their attempt to find a new balance within the family context, and at the same time flexible, to create new kinds of friendship network
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/mjic/issue//246345
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/214175
ER  -