1st Edition

The Making of Heterosexualities Sexual Conducts and Masculinities among Young Moroccan Men in Europe

By Vulca Fidolini Copyright 2023
156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

156 Pages
by Routledge

Drawing on an ethnographic study on young Moroccan immigrants in Europe (France and Italy), this book analyses the hegemonic power of heteronormativity and its plural expressions. It tries to give an answer to the following main questions: How the normative power of heterosexuality is socially constructed among men? How and why heterosexuality is interpreted as the socially “appropriate” norm... Read more

General Introduction

Part I: Heterosexualities in Action

1 Introduction: A Sociological Approach to Heterosexuality

2 Illicit Premarital Sexuality vs Licit Marital Sexuality

3 Masculine Morals and Sexual Double Standard

4 Social Imperatives to Heterosexuality and Defensive Masculinity

Conclusion to Part I

Part II: Heteronormative Masculinities

5. Introduction: A Plural Approach to Masculinities

6 The Masculinity Through Marriage

7 Masculine Reputation and Its Challenges

8 Hegemony in Action

Conclusion to Part II

General Conclusions

Biography

Vulca Fidolini is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the Université de Lorraine (France) and member of the Laboratoire Lorrain de Sciences Sociales in Nancy. His main research topics are in age transitions, masculinities, sexuality and health. His last contributions are focused on constructions of masculinity linked to sexual behaviour in Islam context, and on health and food habits. Publications include “Eating Like a Man. Food, Masculinities and Self-Care Behavior”, Food, Culture & Society (2022); “Heteromasculinities. Sexual Experiences and Transition to Adulthood among Young Moroccan Men in Europe”, Men and Masculinities (2020) and “Youth and Chronic Illness. Thinking Age and Health Care Trajectories among Asthmatic Patients”, Salute e Società (2019).