This article explores Christian principles, imagery, and ideas shaping the (re)making of masculine ideals, behaviour, and identities among Pentecostal Gitanos in Spain. Scholarship on Pentecostal masculinities emphasizes that in cultural settings dominated by ‘macho’ and other chauvinistic principles, men find it challenging to comply with Pentecostal standards of manhood, and those who do convert often lose standing before non‐converted men as they are accorded an aura of effeminacy. Whereas many converted Gitanos struggle to meet Pentecostal moral standards too, Gitano believers attempt to reform their masculinity following dominant and highly valued ethnic ideals. The connection between masculine pathways of conversion, moral/spiritual commitment, and cultural prestige has significant implications for the ways in which Gitano male believers are perceived and appreciated as potential partners in Gitano cultural and communitarian milieus. The article argues that Pentecostal Christianity's gendered ideas about how men should behave defines ideals of masculinity, ethical expectations, and couple‐making practices among Gitano communities. The article also provides an ethnographic account of the mechanisms involved in generating, reproducing, and sustaining discursive, social, and communitarian frameworks and courting practices (known as roneos) in which Pentecostal Gitano ideals and aspirations about manhood become meaningful and appealing.

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“福音派的吉塔诺斯是个不错的选择”：男子气概、教堂和罗尼奥斯★


本文探讨了基督教原则、意象和思想，这些原则、意象和思想塑造了西班牙五旬节派吉塔诺教徒的男性理想、行为和身份的塑造。关于五旬节派男子气概的学术研究强调，在以 “男子气概 ”和其他沙文主义原则为主的文化环境中，男性发现遵守五旬节派的男子气概标准是具有挑战性的，而那些皈依的人往往在未皈依的男性面前失去地位，因为他们被赋予了女性化的光环。虽然许多皈依的吉塔诺教徒也努力满足五旬节派的道德标准，但吉塔诺信徒试图按照占主导地位和高度重视的民族理想来改革他们的男子气概。男性皈依途径、道德/精神承诺和文化声望之间的联系，对吉塔诺男性信徒在吉塔诺文化和社区主义环境中被视为和欣赏潜在合作伙伴的方式具有重大影响。文章认为，五旬节基督教关于男性应该如何行为的性别观念定义了吉塔诺社区的男子气概、道德期望和夫妻制作习俗的理想。文章还对产生、复制和维持话语、社会和社区主义框架和求爱实践（称为 roneos）所涉及的机制进行了人种学说明，其中五旬节派吉塔诺理想和关于男子气概的愿望变得有意义和有吸引力。