Abstract

Based on a recent study in Ireland with young male migrants, this paper discusses how narratives of home in migration and sense of belonging in domestic spaces for male migrants are linked. Using photovoice method, the paper focuses on the temporal aspects of the relationship between home and belonging: the present ‘real’ home which constitutes the lived spaces of migrants and the ‘aspired’ home that is postponed to a future time when families of one’s own are formed. The main argument of this paper is that migrant masculinities are reproduced in relation to current structural inequalities and the absence of significant others that prohibit a meaningful home in present time in these young migrant men’s lives.

摘要

基于最近在爱尔兰对年轻男性移民的一项研究，本文讨论了移民中的家庭叙事与男性移民在家庭空间中的归属感之间的联系。使用照片声音的方法，本文关注家与归属关系的时间方面：构成移民生活空间的当前“真实”家和被推迟到自己家庭的未来时间的“渴望”家形成。本文的主要论点是，移民男子气概的再现与当前的结构性不平等以及在这些年轻移民男性的生活中阻碍当前有意义的家的重要他人的缺席有关。