Der Vortrag von Hande Birkalan-Gedik findet im RESOWI-Zentrum, im SZ 15.22, Bauteil G, 2. Stock, Universitätsstraße 15, statt.
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Since the ground-breaking study of Raewyn Connell, a plurality of masculinity studies has burgeoned in the field of men´s studies. In the last three decades, the abundance in this area also included studies on masculinities and fatherhood, mostly focusing on different fathers and fathering practices. Rarely, however, fatherhood and masculinities were considered from the angle of religion, in our case, Islam. I will present parts of my ethnographic research I conducted in 2014-2015 (funded by TUBITAK 2219 Program) in Rhein-Main Region in Germany. I mainly rely upon and extract data from my research, where I have worked with fathers with a migration history from Turkey.
I aim to establishing an idea of fatherhood in relation to the manly habitus, which is characterized by a number of social divisions or inclusions and exclusions, all of which are widely framed in a framework of intersectionality. Considered as such, Islam and the representation of “migrant man” and “migrant masculinity” will be important aspects of this presentation. I will evaluate concepts such as “migrant”, “muslim” and “man” and will show new perspectives on religion, particularly on Islam, since a great deal of my informants also embodied a religious habitus of their own in their fatherhood practices.