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
Summary
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 childrens schools. Jrgensen 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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 25, 2023)
