Masculinity and Immigrant Health Practices
How Male Kurdish Immigrants to the United States Think about and Practice Health
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12875612 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jihad K Othman (Salahaddin University-Erbil, corresponding author), Annulla Linders (0000-0003-3703-3159, University of Cincinnati) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 30-50 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-15 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Qualitative Sociology Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1733-8077 • E-ISSN: 1733-8077 |
| Publisher | Uniwersytet Lodzki (University of Lodz) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.18778/1733-8077.14.1.02 |
| OpenAlex | W2949976882 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 69 |
Researchers have identified a host of factors that influence immigrant men’s understanding of and commitment to health, but overall the scholarship is still unsettled, in large part because the experiences of immigrant groups are so varied. In this paper, based on interviews with Kurdish immigrants in the United States, we demonstrate that the field of health provides both opportunities and pitfalls for men whose social, familial, and masculine aspirations simultaneously pull them into American life and push them towards a segregated existence. We conclude that men use a discourse of health to simultaneously assert themselves as men and maintain their connections to their original culture, just as they use a discourse of masculine responsibility to account for the health-related choices they make
Field (mathematics · Immigration · Masculinity · Political science · Scholarship · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Obesity and Health Practices · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
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Inscribing healthification
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Gender, health behavior, and intimate relationships
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Gaps in knowledge
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Theorising masculinities and men's health
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Men, masculine identities, and health care utilisation
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Mobilizing ethnic conflict
Explaining religious differences in immigrants' gender role attitudes
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The healthy immigrant (migrant) effect
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |