Taming Muslim masculinity: patriarchy and Christianity in German immigrant integration

Lypp, Jacob and Özyürek, Esra (2024) Taming Muslim masculinity: patriarchy and Christianity in German immigrant integration. Men and Masculinities. ISSN 1097-184X

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Abstract

This article analyzes a growing sector of state-funded pedagogies designed to reform Muslim masculinity in Germany. These programs present Muslim men as suffering from a psychopathology rooted in an alleged Islamic “honor culture”. They rely on a mix of Christian and non-religious welfare providers to supply Muslim youth with alternative masculine role models. We trace three implications of this arrangement: First, these programs' culturalist approach perpetuates Orientalist hierarchizations of masculinity. Second, the de-Islamized masculinity these programs construct as normatively binding revolves around a heteronormative patriarchy imagined as benevolent, thereby reinforcing the subjection of women. Third, these educational initiatives yoke the reform of Muslim masculinity to male participants' dramatic conversion to a Christian-German culture that blurs the line between the religious and the nonreligious. We suggest that studies of (hegemonic) masculinity in Europe ought to attend to the salience of the nation-state and to the public relevance of Christianity—two dimensions given short shrift in recent theorizing.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	https://journals.sagepub.com/home/JMM
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	European Institute
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BP Islam. Bahaism. Theosophy, etc H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited:	08 May 2024 09:09
Last Modified:	17 Jun 2024 17:12
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/122987

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