ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how over the course of the European "refugee crisis" which began in 2014, the traditional trope of militarized masculinity has been set against the figures of "man as provider" and "threatening young male" in subjective and popular narratives. The second masculinity norm which features both in subjective accounts and popular renderings of migrant and refugee arrivals in Europe in 2015 and 2016 concerns men not as lone soldiers, but as fathers and providers. The chapter shows that many of the complexities of masculinity are pulled to the surface in migration and refugee movements. It argues that a more intersectional approach to refugee masculinities is required which recognizes the gender specific displacement experiences of boys and men and acknowledges that they cannot be cast as either victims or soldiers, but should be seen as at once vulnerable and agentic.
