Negotiating Respectable Masculinity: Gender and Recognition in the Somali Diaspora
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...Recently, however, intersectional studies on, or including, men have also started to appear (Dyer, McDowell, and Batnisky 2010; Batnisky, McDowell, and Dyer 2008; Alcalde 2011; Kleist 2010; Näre 2010)....
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...Several did, however, use the interview situation to present alternative constructions of their identities—constructions according to which they, themselves, should be perceived as ‘‘respectable’’ rather than as ‘‘failed’’ men (Gallo 2006; Kleist 2010)....
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...These men’s experiences can be drawn upon to demonstrate the destabilizing effects that (marriage) migration may have upon masculinity and upon men’s lives (Alcalde 2011; Kleist 2010)....
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...Recently, however, intersectional studies on, or including, men have also started to appear (Dyer, McDowell, and Batnisky 2010; Batnisky, McDowell, and Dyer 2008; Alcalde 2011; Kleist 2010; Näre 2010)....
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...Similarly, Kleist (2010) explores the masculinity of Somali fathers in Canada and finds that they feel the state has taken over their roles as fathers due to being able to offer welfare payments to their wives and families....
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...For instance, Kleist (2010) demonstrates the complex interactions between gender, transnational social networks, and state policies, which construct masculinity in a specific way....
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