TY - BOOK AU - Samadov,Rustam ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Masculinities of Tajik Labor Migrants: Transformations of Gender Roles and Practices in a Transnational Migration Context T2 - The Steppe and Beyond: Studies on Central Asia, SN - 9789819604586 AV - JQ1-1852 PY - 2024/// CY - Singapore PB - Springer Nature Singapore, Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan KW - Asia KW - Politics and government KW - Emigration and immigration KW - Social aspects KW - Sex KW - Asian Politics KW - Sociology of Migration KW - Gender Studies N1 - Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Gender relations in Central Asia -- Chapter 3: Sources and practices of migrants’ masculinity in a marginalizing environment -- Chapter 4: Resistance to Russian gender norms and the fear of taking them home -- Chapter 5: Balancing masculine practices in transnational life: How to remain a “man” when having a Russian wife -- Chapter 6: Tajik men who do not migrate: Masculinization of staying put -- Chapter 7: Conclusion N2 - This book explores masculinities of Tajik men and offers insights on how migrant and non-migrant men maintain their gender identity and adjust their gender practices in the context of transnational labor migration from Tajikistan to Russia. Being in the state of transnational in-betweenness, Tajik non/migrant men and often their spouses need to adapt to gender norms of both Russian and Tajik gender orders despite the orders' very different and at times contradicting gender requirements. Therefore, the book provides the first comprehensive analysis of Tajik non/migrant men's masculinities and their navigation between various forms of masculinity: hegemonic, complicit, marginalized, protest and dominant, thereby performing flexible and strategic masculinity. While focusing on migrant men, this research also highlights the role of women in sustaining their partners' masculine image and the ways how Russian women adjust their gender practices in response to the requirements of Tajik society. Rustam Samadov holds a PhD degree in Central Asian studies from the Humboldt University in Berlin. His research interests lie in the fields of anthropology, migration, gender, intersectionality and Central Asian studies UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-0458-6 ER -