ABSTRACT

Drawing on a qualitative study on migrant men recently arrived in Portugal, this paper examines how the experience of migration leads to the rebuilding of masculinity. The experiences of discrimination and strategies of resistance are linked to the history of Portuguese colonialism and the ways men hailing from contrasting colonial and postcolonial geographies within the Portuguese Empire (Brazil, Mozambique and Cape Verde) discover their subordination in the Portuguese context. We advance two central ideas. Firstly, we engage in an active historicisation of transnationalism and defend the postcolonial character of migrant masculinities. Rather than neutral or a-historical, transnational experiences of migration are better interpreted through the lens of specific histories of colonialism and postcolonialism. Secondly, while recognising the centrality of the hegemonic model of masculinity, we argue that the conceptualisation of masculinity as a complex structure of material and symbolic capitals permits to avoid one-dimensional accounts of subordination and dominance. Furthermore, the notion of capital is helpful for tying together the micro-enactments of masculinity and the macro-historical dynamics of colonialism and postcolonialism. Expanding the notion of postcolonial masculinities implies working with renewed tools suited for analysing how subordination is perpetuated through colonial devaluation or contested via the mobilisation of certain capitals.

摘要

本文利用对最近抵达葡萄牙的移民男性的定性研究，探讨移民经历如何导致男性气质的重建。歧视的经历和反抗策略与葡萄牙殖民主义的历史以及来自葡萄牙帝国（巴西、莫桑比克和佛得角）内对比鲜明的殖民和后殖民地理的人们如何发现他们在葡萄牙语境中的从属关系有关。我们提出两个中心思想。首先，我们积极将跨国主义历史化并捍卫移民男性气质的后殖民特征。通过殖民主义和后殖民主义的具体历史，跨国移民经历比中性或非历史性的移民经历更好地解释。第二，在承认男性气质霸权模型的核心地位的同时，我们认为将男性气质概念化为物质和象征资本的复杂结构可以避免对从属和支配的一维解释。此外，资本的概念有助于将男性气质的微观表现与殖民主义和后殖民主义的宏观历史动态联系起来。扩展后殖民男子气概的概念意味着使用适合分析从属地位如何通过殖民贬值永久存在或通过动员某些资本来对抗的新工具。我们认为，将男性气质概念化为物质和象征资本的复杂结构，可以避免对从属和支配的一维解释。此外，资本的概念有助于将男性气质的微观表现与殖民主义和后殖民主义的宏观历史动态联系起来。扩展后殖民男子气概的概念意味着使用适合分析从属地位如何通过殖民贬值永久存在或通过动员某些资本来对抗的新工具。我们认为，将男性气质概念化为物质和象征资本的复杂结构，可以避免对从属和支配的一维解释。此外，资本的概念有助于将男性气质的微观表现与殖民主义和后殖民主义的宏观历史动态联系起来。扩展后殖民男子气概的概念意味着使用适合分析从属地位如何通过殖民贬值永久存在或通过动员某些资本来对抗的新工具。