Transnational Families and Migrant Masculinities: The Social Institution of Male Adulthood and Family Reunification in the Bangladeshi Diaspora in Italy

Authors

  • Francesco della Puppa

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/dd.v2019i50.7461

Keywords:

migrant masculinities, family reunification, Bangladeshi diaspora, Italy, transnationalism,

Abstract

This article is the result of a broader research project aimed at analysing the social construction of masculinity of Bangladeshi migrants to Italy. Specifically, the article focuses on the family reunification experience of Bangladeshi migrant men with their wives. Firstly, using some Bourdieusian perspectives, the article analyses the meanings of family reunification for migrants, how it constitutes a fundamental act of the institution of adult masculinity. Secondly, it investigates the meaning of this experience for the migrants’ fathers and fathers-in-law in Bangladesh and how it can shape their masculinity according to their embedded habitus and social class position.

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Author Biography

Francesco della Puppa

PhD in Social Sciences, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, International Centre for Humanities and Social Change, Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, Malcanton Marcorà, Dorsoduro 3484/D – 30123 Venice; francesco.dellapuppa@unive.it

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Published

2019-01-01

How to Cite

della Puppa, F. (2019). Transnational Families and Migrant Masculinities: The Social Institution of Male Adulthood and Family Reunification in the Bangladeshi Diaspora in Italy. Two Homelands, 2019(50). https://doi.org/10.3986/dd.v2019i50.7461

Issue

No. 50 (2019)

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Articles

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