| dc.description.abstract | Migration scholarship has often lagged behind developments in gender studies. The
importance of gender has gained increasing recognition, but this has predominantly
meant a focus on women migrants. Only recently has a gendered lens been turned to
the study of migrant men. Discourses surrounding migration in law and government,
and in legal scholarship, remain characterized by neglect or dismissal of the gendered
experiences of male migrants. Where they do appear, men are frequently cast as the
oppressor of family members or as abusing legal channels of migration. Their vulnerabilities
and affective ties and needs are rarely foregrounded. This negative
representation may be instrumentalized at a variety of levels, and for a variety of
purposes, making it difficult for more nuanced critiques to gain purchase. This special
issue seeks to extend the discussion of migration and gender by exploring the ways
in which men’s gendered experiences of migration remain marginalized. | en_GB |
