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Gender, Place & Culture
A Journal of Feminist Geography
Volume 16, 2009 - Issue 3
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Responding to the ‘crisis of masculinity’: the perspectives of young Muslim men from Glasgow and Edinburgh, Scotland

Respondiendo a la ‘crisis de masculinidad’: las perspectivas de los varones jóvenes musulmanes de Glasgow y Edimburgo, Escocia

Pages 299-312 | Published online: 28 May 2009
 

Abstract

Debates about the so-called crisis of masculinity have tended to focus on the experiences of white working class young men and black young men to the exclusion of other groups of men. This article seeks to redress this omission by exploring young Muslim men's knowledge and understanding of the crisis of masculinity and the ways in which they respond to such discourses. Using qualitative data collected during interviews and focus groups with young Muslim men – mainly of Pakistani heritage – living in Glasgow and Edinburgh in Scotland, I demonstrate that young Muslim men's responses to the crisis of masculinity debate are informed by a complex range of issues including their own class position, familial and related gendered expectations alongside the young men's interests in sport and leisure activities.

Los debates sobre la llamada ‘crisis de masculinidad’ han mostrado una tendencia a enfocarse sobre las experiencias de jóvenes varones blancos de clase obrera y jóvenes varones negros, excluyendo a otros grupos de hombres. Este artículo busca reparar esta omisión explorando el conocimiento y percepción que tienen los varones jóvenes musulmanes de la crisis de masculinidad y las formas en que ellos responden a tales discursos. Utilizando datos cualitativos colectados durante entrevistas y grupos de enfoque con varones jóvenes musulmanes – principalmente de descendencia paquistaní – que viven en Glasgow y Edimburgo, en Escocia, demuestro que sus respuestas al debate de la crisis de masculinidad están influenciadas por un complejo rango de temas, incluyendo su propia posición de clase, sus expectativas familiares y sus relacionadas expectativas de género, junto con el interés de los jóvenes varones en las actividades deportivas y recreativas.

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Robyn Longhurst for supporting and encouraging me to revise this article.

Notes

1. The Scottish Executive is the devolved government for Scotland (see http://www.scotland.gov.uk) which has recently been renamed the Scottish Government.

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