Ann-Dorte Christensen
Biographic Data
| ID | 240632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ann-Dorte Christensen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ann-Dorte |
| FAMILY NAME | Christensen |
| SIGNATURE | CHRISTENSEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aalborg University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5637-3840 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 283 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Contextualizing Intersectionality—Notes on the Centrality of Context for Intersectional Analysis, Illustrated Through the Case of Ethnic Minority Men in Denmark
Intersectionality has been at the centre of intense debate among feminist scholars. In this article, we revisit selected dimensions of this debate and argue that it is characterized by inadequate reflexivity regarding the centrality of context to intersectional analysis. Context here should be understood in its more radical meaning, implying that contextualization always implies adaption, rethinking and retheorization. Intersectional mechanisms a…
Homecoming as a Gendered Practice in Danish Military Families
This article explores the complicated process of post-deployment homecoming in military families in Denmark. Based on qualitative interviews with spouses and children of formerly deployed soldiers, the article analyses some of the main challenges related to homecoming and military-to-family transitions in military families. It illuminates how deployment affects family practices and social relations by especially focusing on gender equality, fathe…
Complex spaces of involvement during and after paternal deployment
A growing body of research indicates that children of formerly deployed soldiers are at risk of experiencing negative outcomes, but studies are lacking in terms of the exploration of children's emotions from their own perspective. This article is based on qualitative interviews with 26 children (age 7-20) from 19 Danish families with formerly deployed fathers. The children's emotions are complex and ambiguous. While deployment leads to a distance…
From military to militarizing masculinities
Intersektionalitet – social differentiering og empirisk mangfoldighed
Gennem de seneste 30 år er intersektionalitetsperspektivet blevet en central del af kønsforskningen, og i kølvandet på en begrebsrejse på tværs af discipliner og nationale kontekster har der fulgt intense debatter om indhold og metodiske implikationer. I en nordisk sammenhæng har en af diskussionerne drejet sig om, hvorvidt intersektionalitet gennem et fokus på strukturer, kategorier og kategoriseringsprocesser lukker analyser inde i snævre og de…
Intersektionalitet – begrebsrejse, kritik og nytænkning
Gennem de sidste 30 år har intersektionalitetsperspektivet været på en vidtforgrenet rejse på tværs af discipliner og nationale kontekster. Rejsen diskuteres i denne artikel dels på baggrund af forfatternes egen forståelse af intersektionalitet, dels i et perspektiv, som er informeret af den internationale litteratur om rejsende begreber og teorier. Denne litteratur har pointeret. at begrebsrejser ofte medfører produktiv dynamik og nytænkning, me…
Redaktørernes forord
Voksne etniske minoritetsmænd - marginalisering og intersektionalitet
Adult Ethnic Minority Men - Marginalization and IntersectionalityAdult ethnic minority men make up a blind spot in gender and masculinity research. The article contributes to Danish gender studies by examining adult ethnic minority men in a suburb of Aalborg. The analysis applies an intersectional perspective as well as conceptualizations of class travel and othering. Methodologically it is based on qualitative interviews with 24 ethnic minority …
Sociologi møder kunst
Masculinity Ideals in a Contemporary Danish Context
What are the prevailing masculinity ideals among contemporary Danish men? As one of the Nordic welfare states, Denmark has for decades focused on gender equality and changes in the gendered division of labour. Research has suggested a shift in masculinity ideals, but processes of change comprise not only changes but also continuities, as well as ambivalences and contradictions. This article investigates how normative masculinity ideals—the most a…
War, violence and masculinities
The evolution and social constitution of masculinities are intimately linked to violence and to warfare as an organised field of violent practices. The present issues of NORMA explore the mutual influences between violence, war and masculinities, the forms these have taken in different social and cultural contexts and the implications for masculinity research. The issues cover a range of historical and current topics, cases and analytical approac…
Combining hegemonic masculinity and intersectionality
This article discusses the most influential contribution to studies of men and masculinity, i.e. the concept of hegemonic masculinity developed by R.W. Connell. It points to some problematic elements of the theory and some suggestions for improvement. One criticism is that the use of the concept during recent years has been characterized by ambiguities. We argue that these problems are not based on Connell's original conceptualization but on the …
Territorial stigmatization and local belonging
Loïc Wacquant has made a widely read and debated contribution to critical research on contemporary urban marginality. A central part of the theoretical framework is that residents of deprived areas internalize territorial stigmatization, which then has a range of negative effects. Based on empirical research this paper assesses Wacquant's conception of territorial stigmatization and suggests some points where urban sociology might go beyond or ad…
Doing Intersectional Analysis
This article is about doing intersectional analysis and how to practise intersectionality in qualitative research. The overall objective is to contribute to the development of concrete intersectionality methodologies. The first part of the article discusses important aspects of intersectionality, bringing methodological implications into focus, e.g. the number of social categories to include and the status and differences between categories. The …
Intersektionalitet som sociologisk begreb
Intersektionalitetsbegrebet indebærer, at sociale differentieringsformer som køn, klasse, etnicitet og ”race” er gensidigt konstituerende både på et identitetsmæssigt og strukturelt niveau. Begrebet har haft stor gennemslagskraft og bidraget positivt til fornyelse af dansk og international kønsforskning. Da begrebet rummer potentialer til analyser af komplekse sociale differentieringer, er det imidlertid også relevant for en bredere sociologi. Nu…
Resistance and Violence
Men, resistance and political radicalization
Roots and Routes
This article is about transnational migrants, how they construct belonging to 'new' places where they have arrived, and how the feelings of belonging to their places of origin change when they go back. The theoretical part of the article outlines the relationship between migration and belonging arguing that there is a dynamic interplay between roots and routes in people's lives. The empirical point of departure is narratives about roots and route…
Citizenship and Politics of Belonging – Inclusionary and Exclusionary Framings of Gender and Ethnicity
The article explores the intersectional approach to citizenship and politics of belonging focusing on the different framings of gender and ethnicity. It investigates the intersections of gender and ethnicity in the construction of national belongings. The hijab debates illustrate the contextual uses of intersectionality in public debates and illuminate the different framings of gender and ethnicity with both inclusionary and exclusionary effects.…
Belonging and Unbelonging from an Intersectional Perspective
The article is primarily theoretical and conceptual. It focuses on the notion of belonging from an intersectional perspective. The purpose is to discuss different dimensions of the concept of 'belonging' and its rooting at different analytical levels. The fi rst part of the article outlines the theoretical framework. The point of departure is multilayered citizenship and different notions of belonging. Second, the notion of belonging is divided i…
Nationalisme og lokalt tilhørsforhold – køn, klasse og etnicitet som grænsemarkører
Fra køn til diversitet – intersektionalitet i en dansk/nordisk kontekst
Intersectionality is a travelling concept rooted in Black Feminism that has recently been adopted by Nordic gender research. The concept has been transformed on its way from the US to the Danish/Nordic context. The purpose with this article is to contribute to a critical reflection of the concept and discuss its potentials from a Danish/Nordic context. Adopting a social science optic we first discuss some tensions between the original American un…
Kvindepolitiske strategier og demokratiske udfordringer
Der er gennem de sidste tre årtier sket store forandringer i de kvindepolitiske identiteter og strategier. Både i bevægelsespolitikken og i de politiske institutioner. Hvilke udfordringer rejser det i forhold til at forstå det moderne demokrati i et kønsperspektiv
De unge og fremtidens ligestillingspolitik
This article discusses the attitude of the young generation towards the question of equal opportunities and social equality in the welfare state. There is a rather large polarization between young women and men as regards their attitudes towards the welfare state. While young women support collectivism and public care, young men express more individualistic, neo-liberal attitudes. But, this polarization is apparently not to be found in the attitu…
Kvinnor och politik i Norden
Här följer fyra översikter över ämnet kvinnor och politik. Tillsammans visar de att kvinnoforskningen inom detta område är mycket vital, trots att den är så ung. Helga Maria Hernes inleder med en personlig bild av den statsvetenskapliga kvinnoforskningen. Anette Borchorst och Ann-Dorte Christensen skriver om forskningsläget i Danmark, Marja Keränen om Finland och Maud Eduards avslutar med en översikt om Sverige
Doing Intersectional Analysis
This article is about doing intersectional analysis and how to practise intersectionality in qualitative research. The overall objective is to contribute to the development of concrete intersectionality methodologies. The first part of the article discusses important aspects of intersectionality, bringing methodological implications into focus, e.g. the number of social categories to include and the status and differences between categories. The …
Combining hegemonic masculinity and intersectionality
This article discusses the most influential contribution to studies of men and masculinity, i.e. the concept of hegemonic masculinity developed by R.W. Connell. It points to some problematic elements of the theory and some suggestions for improvement. One criticism is that the use of the concept during recent years has been characterized by ambiguities. We argue that these problems are not based on Connell's original conceptualization but on the …
Territorial stigmatization and local belonging
Loïc Wacquant has made a widely read and debated contribution to critical research on contemporary urban marginality. A central part of the theoretical framework is that residents of deprived areas internalize territorial stigmatization, which then has a range of negative effects. Based on empirical research this paper assesses Wacquant's conception of territorial stigmatization and suggests some points where urban sociology might go beyond or ad…
Belonging and Unbelonging from an Intersectional Perspective
The article is primarily theoretical and conceptual. It focuses on the notion of belonging from an intersectional perspective. The purpose is to discuss different dimensions of the concept of 'belonging' and its rooting at different analytical levels. The fi rst part of the article outlines the theoretical framework. The point of departure is multilayered citizenship and different notions of belonging. Second, the notion of belonging is divided i…
Masculinity Ideals in a Contemporary Danish Context
What are the prevailing masculinity ideals among contemporary Danish men? As one of the Nordic welfare states, Denmark has for decades focused on gender equality and changes in the gendered division of labour. Research has suggested a shift in masculinity ideals, but processes of change comprise not only changes but also continuities, as well as ambivalences and contradictions. This article investigates how normative masculinity ideals—the most a…
Roots and Routes
This article is about transnational migrants, how they construct belonging to 'new' places where they have arrived, and how the feelings of belonging to their places of origin change when they go back. The theoretical part of the article outlines the relationship between migration and belonging arguing that there is a dynamic interplay between roots and routes in people's lives. The empirical point of departure is narratives about roots and route…
Citizenship and Politics of Belonging – Inclusionary and Exclusionary Framings of Gender and Ethnicity
The article explores the intersectional approach to citizenship and politics of belonging focusing on the different framings of gender and ethnicity. It investigates the intersections of gender and ethnicity in the construction of national belongings. The hijab debates illustrate the contextual uses of intersectionality in public debates and illuminate the different framings of gender and ethnicity with both inclusionary and exclusionary effects.…
From military to militarizing masculinities
War, violence and masculinities
The evolution and social constitution of masculinities are intimately linked to violence and to warfare as an organised field of violent practices. The present issues of NORMA explore the mutual influences between violence, war and masculinities, the forms these have taken in different social and cultural contexts and the implications for masculinity research. The issues cover a range of historical and current topics, cases and analytical approac…
Men, resistance and political radicalization
Homecoming as a Gendered Practice in Danish Military Families
This article explores the complicated process of post-deployment homecoming in military families in Denmark. Based on qualitative interviews with spouses and children of formerly deployed soldiers, the article analyses some of the main challenges related to homecoming and military-to-family transitions in military families. It illuminates how deployment affects family practices and social relations by especially focusing on gender equality, fathe…
Kvinnor och politik i Norden
Här följer fyra översikter över ämnet kvinnor och politik. Tillsammans visar de att kvinnoforskningen inom detta område är mycket vital, trots att den är så ung. Helga Maria Hernes inleder med en personlig bild av den statsvetenskapliga kvinnoforskningen. Anette Borchorst och Ann-Dorte Christensen skriver om forskningsläget i Danmark, Marja Keränen om Finland och Maud Eduards avslutar med en översikt om Sverige
De unge og fremtidens ligestillingspolitik
This article discusses the attitude of the young generation towards the question of equal opportunities and social equality in the welfare state. There is a rather large polarization between young women and men as regards their attitudes towards the welfare state. While young women support collectivism and public care, young men express more individualistic, neo-liberal attitudes. But, this polarization is apparently not to be found in the attitu…
Kvindepolitiske strategier og demokratiske udfordringer
Der er gennem de sidste tre årtier sket store forandringer i de kvindepolitiske identiteter og strategier. Både i bevægelsespolitikken og i de politiske institutioner. Hvilke udfordringer rejser det i forhold til at forstå det moderne demokrati i et kønsperspektiv
Fra køn til diversitet – intersektionalitet i en dansk/nordisk kontekst
Intersectionality is a travelling concept rooted in Black Feminism that has recently been adopted by Nordic gender research. The concept has been transformed on its way from the US to the Danish/Nordic context. The purpose with this article is to contribute to a critical reflection of the concept and discuss its potentials from a Danish/Nordic context. Adopting a social science optic we first discuss some tensions between the original American un…
Nationalisme og lokalt tilhørsforhold – køn, klasse og etnicitet som grænsemarkører
Belonging and Unbelonging from an Intersectional Perspective
The article is primarily theoretical and conceptual. It focuses on the notion of belonging from an intersectional perspective. The purpose is to discuss different dimensions of the concept of 'belonging' and its rooting at different analytical levels. The fi rst part of the article outlines the theoretical framework. The point of departure is multilayered citizenship and different notions of belonging. Second, the notion of belonging is divided i…
Citizenship and Politics of Belonging – Inclusionary and Exclusionary Framings of Gender and Ethnicity
The article explores the intersectional approach to citizenship and politics of belonging focusing on the different framings of gender and ethnicity. It investigates the intersections of gender and ethnicity in the construction of national belongings. The hijab debates illustrate the contextual uses of intersectionality in public debates and illuminate the different framings of gender and ethnicity with both inclusionary and exclusionary effects.…
Intersektionalitet som sociologisk begreb
Intersektionalitetsbegrebet indebærer, at sociale differentieringsformer som køn, klasse, etnicitet og ”race” er gensidigt konstituerende både på et identitetsmæssigt og strukturelt niveau. Begrebet har haft stor gennemslagskraft og bidraget positivt til fornyelse af dansk og international kønsforskning. Da begrebet rummer potentialer til analyser af komplekse sociale differentieringer, er det imidlertid også relevant for en bredere sociologi. Nu…
Resistance and Violence
Men, resistance and political radicalization
Roots and Routes
This article is about transnational migrants, how they construct belonging to 'new' places where they have arrived, and how the feelings of belonging to their places of origin change when they go back. The theoretical part of the article outlines the relationship between migration and belonging arguing that there is a dynamic interplay between roots and routes in people's lives. The empirical point of departure is narratives about roots and route…
Territorial stigmatization and local belonging
Loïc Wacquant has made a widely read and debated contribution to critical research on contemporary urban marginality. A central part of the theoretical framework is that residents of deprived areas internalize territorial stigmatization, which then has a range of negative effects. Based on empirical research this paper assesses Wacquant's conception of territorial stigmatization and suggests some points where urban sociology might go beyond or ad…
Doing Intersectional Analysis
This article is about doing intersectional analysis and how to practise intersectionality in qualitative research. The overall objective is to contribute to the development of concrete intersectionality methodologies. The first part of the article discusses important aspects of intersectionality, bringing methodological implications into focus, e.g. the number of social categories to include and the status and differences between categories. The …
Combining hegemonic masculinity and intersectionality
This article discusses the most influential contribution to studies of men and masculinity, i.e. the concept of hegemonic masculinity developed by R.W. Connell. It points to some problematic elements of the theory and some suggestions for improvement. One criticism is that the use of the concept during recent years has been characterized by ambiguities. We argue that these problems are not based on Connell's original conceptualization but on the …
Masculinity Ideals in a Contemporary Danish Context
What are the prevailing masculinity ideals among contemporary Danish men? As one of the Nordic welfare states, Denmark has for decades focused on gender equality and changes in the gendered division of labour. Research has suggested a shift in masculinity ideals, but processes of change comprise not only changes but also continuities, as well as ambivalences and contradictions. This article investigates how normative masculinity ideals—the most a…
War, violence and masculinities
The evolution and social constitution of masculinities are intimately linked to violence and to warfare as an organised field of violent practices. The present issues of NORMA explore the mutual influences between violence, war and masculinities, the forms these have taken in different social and cultural contexts and the implications for masculinity research. The issues cover a range of historical and current topics, cases and analytical approac…
Sociologi møder kunst
Voksne etniske minoritetsmænd - marginalisering og intersektionalitet
Adult Ethnic Minority Men - Marginalization and IntersectionalityAdult ethnic minority men make up a blind spot in gender and masculinity research. The article contributes to Danish gender studies by examining adult ethnic minority men in a suburb of Aalborg. The analysis applies an intersectional perspective as well as conceptualizations of class travel and othering. Methodologically it is based on qualitative interviews with 24 ethnic minority …
Intersektionalitet – begrebsrejse, kritik og nytænkning
Gennem de sidste 30 år har intersektionalitetsperspektivet været på en vidtforgrenet rejse på tværs af discipliner og nationale kontekster. Rejsen diskuteres i denne artikel dels på baggrund af forfatternes egen forståelse af intersektionalitet, dels i et perspektiv, som er informeret af den internationale litteratur om rejsende begreber og teorier. Denne litteratur har pointeret. at begrebsrejser ofte medfører produktiv dynamik og nytænkning, me…
Redaktørernes forord
Intersektionalitet – social differentiering og empirisk mangfoldighed
Gennem de seneste 30 år er intersektionalitetsperspektivet blevet en central del af kønsforskningen, og i kølvandet på en begrebsrejse på tværs af discipliner og nationale kontekster har der fulgt intense debatter om indhold og metodiske implikationer. I en nordisk sammenhæng har en af diskussionerne drejet sig om, hvorvidt intersektionalitet gennem et fokus på strukturer, kategorier og kategoriseringsprocesser lukker analyser inde i snævre og de…
From military to militarizing masculinities
Complex spaces of involvement during and after paternal deployment
A growing body of research indicates that children of formerly deployed soldiers are at risk of experiencing negative outcomes, but studies are lacking in terms of the exploration of children's emotions from their own perspective. This article is based on qualitative interviews with 26 children (age 7-20) from 19 Danish families with formerly deployed fathers. The children's emotions are complex and ambiguous. While deployment leads to a distance…
Homecoming as a Gendered Practice in Danish Military Families
This article explores the complicated process of post-deployment homecoming in military families in Denmark. Based on qualitative interviews with spouses and children of formerly deployed soldiers, the article analyses some of the main challenges related to homecoming and military-to-family transitions in military families. It illuminates how deployment affects family practices and social relations by especially focusing on gender equality, fathe…
Contextualizing Intersectionality—Notes on the Centrality of Context for Intersectional Analysis, Illustrated Through the Case of Ethnic Minority Men in Denmark
Intersectionality has been at the centre of intense debate among feminist scholars. In this article, we revisit selected dimensions of this debate and argue that it is characterized by inadequate reflexivity regarding the centrality of context to intersectional analysis. Context here should be understood in its more radical meaning, implying that contextualization always implies adaption, rethinking and retheorization. Intersectional mechanisms a…
Sociology (18 works) · Gender Studies (15 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (13 works) · Political science (13 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (10 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Intersectionality (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Masculinity (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works)