Abstract

TORRE CANTALAPIEDRA, Eduardo  and  RODRIGUEZ DE JESUS, Cynthia. Migration and Masculinities: The Experience of a Young Man Who Migrated for Love. Desacatos [online]. 2018, n.56, pp.140-157. ISSN 2448-5144.

Studies of men’s migration have focused on labor mobilities. In contrast, our objective is to detect and analyze the discomforts-malestares-experienced by young men who migrate primarily for extra-economic reasons, in relation to the reference of hegemonic masculinity and to the stereotype of the labor migrant, and according to their respective masculine identities. To achieve this, we analyze the life story of a young man who migrated to establish a sentimental relationship. In such a migratory experience, he experienced discomforts arising from his interactions with people who assumed traditional patterns of masculinity and migration. Additionally, we analyze his construction of an alternative masculine identity.

Keywords : masculinities; identity; international migration; hegemonic masculinity; love.