Masculinities of Tajik Labor Migrants : Transformations of Gender Roles and Practices in a Transnational Migration Context

Springer Verlag, Singapore

Masculinities of Tajik Labor MigrantsTransformations of Gender Roles and Practices in a Transnational Migration Context\nAuthor(s): Rustam Samadov\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore, Singapore\nImprint: Palgrave Macmillan\nISBN-13: 9789819604579, 978-9819604579\nSynopsis\nThis book explores masculinities of Tajik men and offers insights on how migrant and non-migrant men maintain their gender identity and adjust their gender practices in the context of transnational labor migration from Tajikistan to Russia. Being in the state of transnational in-betweenness, Tajik non/migrant men and often their spouses need to adapt to gender norms of both Russian and Tajik gender orders despite the orders' very different and at times contradicting gender requirements. Therefore, the book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Tajik non/migrant men's masculinities and their navigation between various forms of masculinity: hegemonic, complicit, marginalized, protest and d.