Abstract
Contemporary young people’s personal narratives on caring fatherhood in an island society in transformation are the subject of this chapter, which aims to expand the scholarly discourse on the ‘new’ father in the Global North. Situated at the intersection of youth studies, critical fatherhood research and rural anthropology, and drawing on the results of an ethnographic project, this chapter explores the different meanings of culture and care in paternal masculinities today. The Faroese father, seen from the perspective of young people, is a caring father with strong bonds to the family values of past generations. He represents a ‘child-oriented’ island masculinity with many different fathering practices and everyday lives.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Caring Fathers in the Global Context |
| Editors | Petteri Eerola, Katherine Twanley, Henna Pirskanen, Pedro Romero-Balsas |
| Place of Publication | Bristol |
| Publisher | Policy Press |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 45 |
| Number of pages | 61 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4473-7243-1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4473-7242-4 |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2025 |
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 5 Gender Equality
Keywords
- Fatherhood
- Fathering
- Gender
- Family
- Caring
- Islands
- Faroe Islands
- Identity
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