Family as text
Gendered parenthood and family display through home-school correspondence in Norway
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12292152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marit Haldar (0000-0002-3505-1073, OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University), Kjersti Røsvik (0000-0002-3335-7781, University of South-Eastern Norway, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 109-129 |
| Publication date | 2020-02-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gender Place & Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0966-369X • E-ISSN: 1360-0524 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0966369x.2020.1724080 |
| OpenAlex | W3005611198 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 34 |
This article examines how different Norwegian families display family and parenthood ideals in one of the most gender-equal countries in the world. Empirically, the article is based on an ethnographic material in the shape of so-called ‘travel diaries’. The diaries are written by Norwegian school children and their parents with the purpose of describing how everyday family life unfolds. The diaries are analysed within a discursive framework and by the use of analytical concepts like display, performativity, text circulation, repetition, habit etc. We discuss how gendered family display are spatially and temporally organized. We argue that normative standards and cultural codes for what seems to be a ‘good family life’ are created and maintained by a kind of social circulation, and that the family is a place where gender relations confirm existing welfare state policy. Gender equality and reciprocity are central values doing parenthood, and further the family is a transmission-belt between private and public gendered subject positions. By displaying family in a text-correspondence, this article also reveals how mothers participate in the construction of modern fatherhood as an intimate caregiver
Doing gender · Ethnography · Family life · Heteronormativity · Linguistics · Normative · Norwegian · Nuclear family · Performativity · Political science · Queer · Reciprocity (cultural anthropology · Social science · Sociology · Children's Rights and Participation · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,2 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |