Deconstructing cardboard Muslim man: Masculinity continuum and women’s economic empowerment in Bangladesh

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dc.contributor.authorOndekova, Marcelaen
dc.contributor.authorMcCarthy, Oliveen
dc.contributor.authorPower, Carolen
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-08T16:12:11Z
dc.date.available2024-01-08T16:12:11Z
dc.date.issued2023-12-21en
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses the construction of Muslim masculinities and their positioning towards women’s economic empowerment through a life history method applied to examine the lives of 12 purposely selected Bangladeshi Muslim men. The analysis of the men’s accounts positioned the narrators on a masculinity continuum, which incorporates three fluid masculinity markers – Antagonists, Allies and Advocates. The paper challenges the notion of one specific hegemonic masculinity, although some common features were identified, such as dominance of the male breadwinner and situatedness within heteronormativity. The narrators demonstrated a strong inter-generational shift towards rejection of violence and preference for peaceful intrahousehold relationships, even among Antagonists. The proximity of Ally masculinities to Advocates and their relational interests create strong potential for strategic engagement and guiding Ally men to adopt more progressive masculinitiesen
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationOndekova, M., McCarthy, O. and Power, C. (2023) ‘Deconstructing cardboard Muslim man: Masculinity continuum and women’s economic empowerment in Bangladesh’, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/00219096231215722.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/00219096231215722en
dc.identifier.endpage33en
dc.identifier.issn0021-9096en
dc.identifier.issn1745-2538en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Asian and African Studiesen
dc.identifier.startpage1en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/15348
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSage Publicationsen
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Asian and African Studiesen
dc.relation.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/00219096231215en
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2023.en
dc.subjectMasculinitiesen
dc.subjectWomen’s economic empowermenten
dc.subjectMuslimsen
dc.subjectBangladeshen
dc.subjectLife historiesen
dc.titleDeconstructing cardboard Muslim man: Masculinity continuum and women’s economic empowerment in Bangladeshen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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