Homecoming as a Gendered Practice in Danish Military Families

Morten Kyed*, Ann-Dorte Christensen, Helene Oldrup, Anni Brit Sternhagen Nielsen

*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

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Abstract

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, fatherhood, and masculinity. Based on interviews with spouses and children, the article outlines three masculinity positions available to Danish homecoming veterans: gender equality masculinities, militarized masculinities, and troubled masculinities.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftArmed Forces and Society
Vol/bind50
Udgave nummer3
Antal sider20
ISSN0095-327X
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2024

Emneord

  • Det Sundhedsvidenskabelige Fakultet
  • Veterans
  • Military families
  • Gender equality
  • Militarized masculinities
  • fatherhood

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