ABSTRACT

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 middle-class mothers who live in either disadvantaged or privileged neighbourhoods in terms of income, education level and ethnicity were analysed. Our findings on middle-class anxiety over class reproduction being mediated by neighbourhood and school choice are in accord with international literature. Our findings depart from the literature in the way that social capital reproduction plays out in the most affluent neighbourhood and the importance the most affluent middle-class mothers put on geographical closeness to their extended families.

摘要

这项研究探索了冰岛的母亲如何生活。冰岛是一个相对较新的民族国家，被认为是性别平等，无阶级和同质的，如何适应并回应国际消费文化趋势。在有关父母邻里选择，父母行为和社会阶级再生产的研究的基础上，该研究的目的是研究国际背景下那些父母的当地表现。为了实现这一目标，对收入，教育水平和种族方面居住在处境不利或特权地区的中产阶级母亲进行了九次访谈。我们关于由邻居和学校选择介导的中产阶级对班级生育焦虑的研究发现与国际文献一致。