Youth Migrant Workers: Class and Intersectionality

This chapter explores the recuperative masculinity process among Muslim Bangladeshi youth migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates and Greece. Through personal narratives and ethnographic observations, it examines the intersecting and contradictory masculine trajectories that these men navigate, including inclusive, hybrid, and composite masculinities. The findings reveal hierarchies of masculinity based on migration routes, legal status, and economic contributions. Notably, the recouped masculinity in the home country comes at the expense of a debased and denied masculinity in the host country, highlighting a peculiar conversion of masculinity claims. The chapter contributes to understanding the intersectionality of Muslimness, masculinity, and performativity in migration studies.