Auður Magndís Auðardóttir
Biographic Data
| ID | 6156547 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Auður Magndís Auðardóttir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Auður Magndís |
| FAMILY NAME | Auðardóttir |
| SIGNATURE | AUÐARDÓTTIR A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Iceland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3959-2731 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
‘Letting my queerness shine again’
Iceland is internationally recognised for its robust LGBTQI+ rights and inclusive education policy. However, recent backlash against LGBTQI+ individuals has raised concerns about their lived experiences in schools. This study examined how LGBTQ+ teachers in Icelandic compulsory and secondary schools navigate their professional roles amidst shifting social attitudes. Drawing on reflexive thematic analysis of six semi-structured interviews and 21 q…
I Don’t Feel Like It’s Extra Work”
In this article we enlist the feminist lens of the everyday to theorise the way parenting and environmental sustainability intersect in the lives of parents committed to combating climate change. Based on interviews with 27 parents from 20 families in Iceland, we interrogate whether and how gender fractures parental sustainability labour - the work that goes into making family lives environmentally sustainable - in a country which is often descri…
I feel like I am betraying my child”
In this paper, we explore maternal shame and guilt as affective derivatives of social regulations of motherhood in Iceland, which is internationally perceived as a frontrunner in gender equality. We analyze 450 qualitative questionnaires completed by parents describing feelings of guilt and shame in connection to parenthood. We use 76 questionnaires completed by fathers to contrast and compare to answers from mothers to better understand the affe…
From progressiveness to perfection
In this article, I address how mothers’ public discourse about their children has changed over time by analysing 130 interviews with mothers published in Icelandic magazines and newspapers in 1970–1979 and 2010–2019. The analysis is framed by scholarship on intensive mothering and the affective aspects of neoliberalism, including Berlant’s cruel optimism. The results show that in the former period, children are depicted as equality minded and ind…
First an Obstacle, Then Every Woman’s Dream
In this article, we focus on how motherhood is represented in print media interviews with mothers over two distinct decades, 1970–1979 and 2010–2019, in Iceland. We used an affective-discursive framework to analyse 67 and 207 media interviews published in the two periods, respectively. In the former period, we found that mothers challenged prevalent feeling rules that encouraged them to put the family before their own needs. They used the intervi…
I am the black duck’ affective aspects of working-class mothers’ involvement in parental communities
The aim of this study is to analyse working-class mothers’ narratives of social interactions among parents at their children’s schools. A special focus is paid to the emotions that arise in such interactions and their role in the reproduction of class. A narrative analysis of six stories of white, working-class mothers of compulsory school aged children was carried out. The study is set in Iceland, which gives a unique opportunity for classed and…
Even in Iceland? Exploring mothers’ narratives on neighbourhood choice in a perceived classless and feminist utopia
The study explores how mothers in Iceland, a relatively new nation state that is perceived as being gender equal, classless and homogeneous, adapt and respond to international trends of consumer cultures. Building on studies about parental neighbourhood choice, parental practices and reproduction of social class, the study’s aim is to examine the local manifestations of those in an international context. To reach this aim, nine interviews with mi…
Chaos ruined the children’s sleep, diet and behaviour
This study adopts a feminist critical approach to explore how parenting was understood during the COVID-19 restrictive measures in Iceland. Iceland has been known as a front runner in gender equality, and women's participation in the workforce is high. Data consists of 97 stories that were collected during the peak of COVID-19 in April 2020 using the story completion method. The stories were thematically analysed. Most of the participants were un…
Chaos ruined the children’s sleep, diet and behaviour
This study adopts a feminist critical approach to explore how parenting was understood during the COVID-19 restrictive measures in Iceland. Iceland has been known as a front runner in gender equality, and women's participation in the workforce is high. Data consists of 97 stories that were collected during the peak of COVID-19 in April 2020 using the story completion method. The stories were thematically analysed. Most of the participants were un…
I feel like I am betraying my child”
In this paper, we explore maternal shame and guilt as affective derivatives of social regulations of motherhood in Iceland, which is internationally perceived as a frontrunner in gender equality. We analyze 450 qualitative questionnaires completed by parents describing feelings of guilt and shame in connection to parenthood. We use 76 questionnaires completed by fathers to contrast and compare to answers from mothers to better understand the affe…
First an Obstacle, Then Every Woman’s Dream
In this article, we focus on how motherhood is represented in print media interviews with mothers over two distinct decades, 1970–1979 and 2010–2019, in Iceland. We used an affective-discursive framework to analyse 67 and 207 media interviews published in the two periods, respectively. In the former period, we found that mothers challenged prevalent feeling rules that encouraged them to put the family before their own needs. They used the intervi…
From progressiveness to perfection
In this article, I address how mothers’ public discourse about their children has changed over time by analysing 130 interviews with mothers published in Icelandic magazines and newspapers in 1970–1979 and 2010–2019. The analysis is framed by scholarship on intensive mothering and the affective aspects of neoliberalism, including Berlant’s cruel optimism. The results show that in the former period, children are depicted as equality minded and ind…
I am the black duck’ affective aspects of working-class mothers’ involvement in parental communities
The aim of this study is to analyse working-class mothers’ narratives of social interactions among parents at their children’s schools. A special focus is paid to the emotions that arise in such interactions and their role in the reproduction of class. A narrative analysis of six stories of white, working-class mothers of compulsory school aged children was carried out. The study is set in Iceland, which gives a unique opportunity for classed and…
Even in Iceland? Exploring mothers’ narratives on neighbourhood choice in a perceived classless and feminist utopia
The study explores how mothers in Iceland, a relatively new nation state that is perceived as being gender equal, classless and homogeneous, adapt and respond to international trends of consumer cultures. Building on studies about parental neighbourhood choice, parental practices and reproduction of social class, the study’s aim is to examine the local manifestations of those in an international context. To reach this aim, nine interviews with mi…
Even in Iceland? Exploring mothers’ narratives on neighbourhood choice in a perceived classless and feminist utopia
The study explores how mothers in Iceland, a relatively new nation state that is perceived as being gender equal, classless and homogeneous, adapt and respond to international trends of consumer cultures. Building on studies about parental neighbourhood choice, parental practices and reproduction of social class, the study’s aim is to examine the local manifestations of those in an international context. To reach this aim, nine interviews with mi…
Chaos ruined the children’s sleep, diet and behaviour
This study adopts a feminist critical approach to explore how parenting was understood during the COVID-19 restrictive measures in Iceland. Iceland has been known as a front runner in gender equality, and women's participation in the workforce is high. Data consists of 97 stories that were collected during the peak of COVID-19 in April 2020 using the story completion method. The stories were thematically analysed. Most of the participants were un…
From progressiveness to perfection
In this article, I address how mothers’ public discourse about their children has changed over time by analysing 130 interviews with mothers published in Icelandic magazines and newspapers in 1970–1979 and 2010–2019. The analysis is framed by scholarship on intensive mothering and the affective aspects of neoliberalism, including Berlant’s cruel optimism. The results show that in the former period, children are depicted as equality minded and ind…
First an Obstacle, Then Every Woman’s Dream
In this article, we focus on how motherhood is represented in print media interviews with mothers over two distinct decades, 1970–1979 and 2010–2019, in Iceland. We used an affective-discursive framework to analyse 67 and 207 media interviews published in the two periods, respectively. In the former period, we found that mothers challenged prevalent feeling rules that encouraged them to put the family before their own needs. They used the intervi…
I am the black duck’ affective aspects of working-class mothers’ involvement in parental communities
The aim of this study is to analyse working-class mothers’ narratives of social interactions among parents at their children’s schools. A special focus is paid to the emotions that arise in such interactions and their role in the reproduction of class. A narrative analysis of six stories of white, working-class mothers of compulsory school aged children was carried out. The study is set in Iceland, which gives a unique opportunity for classed and…
I feel like I am betraying my child”
In this paper, we explore maternal shame and guilt as affective derivatives of social regulations of motherhood in Iceland, which is internationally perceived as a frontrunner in gender equality. We analyze 450 qualitative questionnaires completed by parents describing feelings of guilt and shame in connection to parenthood. We use 76 questionnaires completed by fathers to contrast and compare to answers from mothers to better understand the affe…
I Don’t Feel Like It’s Extra Work”
In this article we enlist the feminist lens of the everyday to theorise the way parenting and environmental sustainability intersect in the lives of parents committed to combating climate change. Based on interviews with 27 parents from 20 families in Iceland, we interrogate whether and how gender fractures parental sustainability labour - the work that goes into making family lives environmentally sustainable - in a country which is often descri…
‘Letting my queerness shine again’
Iceland is internationally recognised for its robust LGBTQI+ rights and inclusive education policy. However, recent backlash against LGBTQI+ individuals has raised concerns about their lived experiences in schools. This study examined how LGBTQ+ teachers in Icelandic compulsory and secondary schools navigate their professional roles amidst shifting social attitudes. Drawing on reflexive thematic analysis of six semi-structured interviews and 21 q…
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