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This chapter explores the staging of masculinities in the Congolese Sape movement, a transnational subculture centered on male fashion and movements between the Congo and France. With an interdisciplinary perspective informed by sociology, anthropology, fashion and literary studies, the author discusses the (de)constructions of masculinities inherent in the Sape movement and in Congolese-French author Alain Mabanckou’s novel Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (1998).

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Fashion and Migration: On the Construction of Masculinities in the Sape Movement Between the Congo and France

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    2025年

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  • Berit Callsen

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This chapter explores the staging of masculinities in the Congolese Sape movement, a transnational subculture centered on male fashion and movements between the Congo and France. With an interdisciplinary perspective informed by sociology, anthropology, fashion and literary studies, the author discusses the (de)constructions of masculinities inherent in the Sape movement and in Congolese-French author Alain Mabanckou’s novel Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (1998).