Muslim Fathers and Mistrusted Masculinity in Danish Schools

2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-21625-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 259 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Reihe: Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life

This book seeks to provide a deeper understanding of Muslim migrant fathers’ experiences of home-school cooperation in Danish schools by identifying and contradicting a phenomenon of “mistrusted masculinity.” This term refers to a negative stereotype of Muslim migrant men that figures in political and media rhetoric where they are portrayed as controlling and patriarchal. Throughout the ethnography, migrant fathers confront this stereotype and express how they must navigate around this negative image in their struggle to be acknowledged as good fathers by their children’s schools. Jørgensen uses Geertzian “thick description” of micro-interaction between fathers and Danish teachers to explore the complex interplay of often-untested assumptions, misunderstandings, and untoward effects. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jørgensen, Anne Hovgaard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Soziologie, Bildungssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Social Alertness.- 3. Fathers and School.- 4. Struggling along.- 5. The Constraining Jobs.- 6. Construction of the “Dangerous Man”.- 7. Mistrusted Masculinity.- 8. Concerned Fatherhood.- 9. Conclusion.

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Hovgaard Jørgensen is Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Sociology and Social Work at Aalborg University, Denmark. She has recently contributed to thebook Arab Masculinities (2022).