TY - JOUR
T1 - Introduction
T2 - The Invisible (Migrant) Man
AU - Charsley, Katharine A H
AU - Wray, Helena
PY - 2015/10/1
Y1 - 2015/10/1
N2 - Migration scholarship has often lagged behind developments in gender studies. The importance of gender has gained increasing recognition, but this has predominantly meant a focus on women migrants. Only recently has a gendered lens been turned to the study of migrant men. Discourses surrounding migration in law and government, and in legal scholarship, remain characterized by neglect or dismissal of the gendered experiences of male migrants. Where they do appear, men are frequently cast as the oppressor of family members or as abusing legal channels of migration. Their vulnerabilities and affective ties and needs are rarely foregrounded. This negative representation may be instrumentalized at a variety of levels, and for a variety of purposes, making it difficult for more nuanced critiques to gain purchase. This special issue seeks to extend the discussion of migration and gender by exploring the ways in which men’s gendered experiences of migration remain marginalized.
AB - Migration scholarship has often lagged behind developments in gender studies. The importance of gender has gained increasing recognition, but this has predominantly meant a focus on women migrants. Only recently has a gendered lens been turned to the study of migrant men. Discourses surrounding migration in law and government, and in legal scholarship, remain characterized by neglect or dismissal of the gendered experiences of male migrants. Where they do appear, men are frequently cast as the oppressor of family members or as abusing legal channels of migration. Their vulnerabilities and affective ties and needs are rarely foregrounded. This negative representation may be instrumentalized at a variety of levels, and for a variety of purposes, making it difficult for more nuanced critiques to gain purchase. This special issue seeks to extend the discussion of migration and gender by exploring the ways in which men’s gendered experiences of migration remain marginalized.
KW - migration
KW - masculinity
KW - migrant men
KW - law
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84954484296&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1097184X15575109
DO - 10.1177/1097184X15575109
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:84954484296
VL - 18
SP - 403
EP - 423
JO - Men and Masculinities
JF - Men and Masculinities
SN - 1097-184X
IS - 4
ER -