Abstract
Katie Wright explores how migrant masculinities are constructed across
generations and borders, and how these affect migrants’ quality of life.
Examining inter-generational chains, Wright observes how material and
psychosocial resources are transferred from fathers to sons in a context of
oppression and migration.
Her methodological approach—centering on intergenerational chains and including both male and female voices—provides a fuller understanding of how masculinity shapes migrant and human well-being experiences. Her study helps us understand how immigrant-receiving countries provide unequal opportunities (i.e., access to legality, labor market opportunities, and social capital support). For instance, many immigrants with college education were stuck in low-wage, unstable labor. Often immigrants are blamed because scholars reproduce a home/host dichotomous gender narrative. However, a qualitative, longitudinal, and comparative approach, as Wright suggests, offers some hope in transcending paradigmatic blinders.