Masculinities and Displacement in the Middle East

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Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Studying masculinities, middle-classness, and relations to the state during forced displacement -- 1.Being a man vis-à-vis militarisation, war, and the uprising -- 2.Becoming and 'un-becoming' refugees -- 3.Claiming successful middle-class masculinity through work -- 4.Loss of status and 'groom-ability': Making sense of changes in marriage negotiations -- 5.Establishing a living among several 'others' in Egypt -- 6.Masculinities, interaction with the state and the migration of fear -- Conclusion: On Masculinities, forced displacement, middle-classness and relations with the nation state -- Bibliography.