TY - UNPB
T1 - A Masculinist Perspective on Gendered Relations of Power
T2 - Rwandan Migrant Men in the UK
AU - Godshaw, Dan
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - This paper explores the complex gendered dynamics of identity, power and personal relations that migration to the UK entails for Rwandan migrant men. In its analysis of eight qualitative interviews, it combines theory on 'hegemonic masculinities' with an application of the 'gendered geographies of power' framework to provide a nuanced and intersectional approach to how migration affects gender across and between three geographical and social scales. The paper argues that three corresponding configurations of gendered practice were dominant – provider, family head and community masculinities – but that migration led to disabling shifts in social locations that led some to attempt to reaffirm hegemonies. Importantly, novel and often innovative gendered configurations of practice emerged that I term dual provider, achievement, equality, parental and diasporic-cosmopolitan masculinities. With close attention to structure, agency and patriarchy, this paper thus builds on the recent and growing literature on migrant masculinities, and advocates further work on gender and transnational migration.
AB - This paper explores the complex gendered dynamics of identity, power and personal relations that migration to the UK entails for Rwandan migrant men. In its analysis of eight qualitative interviews, it combines theory on 'hegemonic masculinities' with an application of the 'gendered geographies of power' framework to provide a nuanced and intersectional approach to how migration affects gender across and between three geographical and social scales. The paper argues that three corresponding configurations of gendered practice were dominant – provider, family head and community masculinities – but that migration led to disabling shifts in social locations that led some to attempt to reaffirm hegemonies. Importantly, novel and often innovative gendered configurations of practice emerged that I term dual provider, achievement, equality, parental and diasporic-cosmopolitan masculinities. With close attention to structure, agency and patriarchy, this paper thus builds on the recent and growing literature on migrant masculinities, and advocates further work on gender and transnational migration.
KW - gender
KW - transnational migration
KW - rwandan diaspora
KW - masculinities
M3 - Working paper
T3 - Sussex Centre for Migration Research Working Paper Series
BT - A Masculinist Perspective on Gendered Relations of Power
PB - University of Sussex
CY - Brighton
ER -