“Men Are Hard … Women Are Soft”: Muslim Men and the Construction of Masculine Identity

摘要: Based on data gained from semi-structured interviews with 30 Muslim men in Glasgow (Scotland), this chapter considers how perform and construct masculinity their everyday life; the meanings they attach to, associate masculinity, articulate masculine identity, but also acquires meaning. Particular attention is paid to role religion plays providing participants a context through which negotiate especially understand promote traditional forms of masculinity. The begins an overview studies that have dominated research social sciences. Masculinity, for purpose defined as comprising values qualities are commonly associated male. A review recent construction men’s undertaken. This followed by closely examining participants’ narratives construct, define maintain identities.