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Manly merchants: commerce, mobility and masculinity among Afghan traders in Eurasia

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This article explores intersections between masculinity, mobility, generation and commerce through the everyday lives of Afghan men who make-up trading networks that are active across Eurasia. It is based on ethnographic fieldwork amongst Afghan traders in Ukraine’s port city of Odessa and in the Chinese international trading of Yiwu. Building on recent work in anthropology concerning the ‘emergent’ nature of Middle Eastern masculinities, the article brings attention to the flexible and adaptable nature of the notions of masculinity held and performed by mobile Afghan traders. It emphasises the need for such conceptions of masculinity to be treated historically and draws attention to the forms of care-giving that are especially important to the traders’ intimate lives and self-understandings. The article also highlights the significance of complex notions of trust both to the traders’ articulation of conceptions of manliness and to their everyday modes of securing a livelihood.

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Trust, Global Traders and Cheap Commodities in a Chinese International City (TRODITIES); G1723; EUROPEAN UNION; 669132

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  • Published

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  • Published version

Journal

Anthropology of the Middle East

ISSN

1746-0719

Publisher

Berghahn Journals

Issue

2

Volume

14

Page range

55-76

Department affiliated with

  • Anthropology Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • Sussex Asia Publications

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2019-10-25

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-03-13

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-10-18

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