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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Sociol.
Sec. Gender, Sex and Sexualities
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2024.1420112
This article is part of the Research Topic Masculinities, Empathy, Care, and Non-Violence View all 3 articles

Embodying two shores of the Mediterranean Sea: the liminal masculinity of minors migrating alone to Spain

Provisionally accepted
Valentina Longo Valentina Longo 1*Bakea Alonso Bakea Alonso 1*Álvaro Ruiz Garriga Álvaro Ruiz Garriga 2*
  • 1 Cepaim Foundation, Madrid, Spain
  • 2 Other, Sevilla, Spain

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    The article aims to provide an analysis based on the practical experience of social intervention in violence prevention with migrant minors arriving alone in Spain. In order to offer keys and recommendations, and based on situated knowledge, we provide insights on how to approach the intervention framework from a methodological point of view using liminal spaces as border and transition places that need to be named and taken into consideration for a transformative work.Different metaphorical borders, characterized by tension and potential change, are analyzed from a gender and intersectional perspective. We discuss the Law-border and the tension between protection they receive as minors and exclusion/ politics of suspicion they receive as migrants. The Age-border (children/men) is discussed taking into account the different gender regimes they cross. The Color- border: here issues of racism and colonialism are considered. Finally, we discuss the Masculinityborder and the tension between reception and the reproduction of violence. We use the concept of liminal masculinities as a specific state or form that subordinate or marginalized masculinity adopts in migrant minors, suspended legally, functionally, and biographically, among others borders.

    Keywords: migrant minors1, violence2, masculinities3, Liminal spaces4, social intervention5, frontiers6

    Received: 19 Apr 2024; Accepted: 28 Jun 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Longo, Alonso and Ruiz Garriga. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Valentina Longo, Cepaim Foundation, Madrid, Spain
    Bakea Alonso, Cepaim Foundation, Madrid, Spain
    Álvaro Ruiz Garriga, Other, Sevilla, Spain

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