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Record Nr.

UNINA9910682558103321

Autore

Jørgensen Anne Hovgaard

Titolo

Muslim Fathers and Mistrusted Masculinity in Danish Schools [[electronic resource] /] / by Anne Hovgaard Jørgensen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

9783031216268

9783031216251

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (266 pages)

Collana

Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life, , 2731-6459

Disciplina

371.19209489

Soggetti

Sociology

Social groups

Educational sociology

Sex

Welfare state

Anthropology

Emigration and immigration—Social aspects

Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging

Sociology of Education

Gender Studies

Welfare

Sociology of Migration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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. .