@article {Telve:2018:0966-369X:1257,
title = "Absent or involved: changes in fathering of Estonian men working in Finland",
journal = "Gender, Place and Culture - A Journal of Feminist Geography",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/cgpc",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2018",
volume = "25",
number = "8",
publication date ="2018-08-03T00:00:00",
pages = "1257-1271",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0966-369X",
eissn = "1360-0524",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/cgpc/2018/00000025/00000008/art00011",
doi = "doi:10.1080/0966369X.2018.1450227",
keyword = "Estonia, Breadwinning, family relations, cross-border commuting, Finland, caretaking, transnationality, inclusive fatherhood",
author = "Telve, Keiu",
abstract = "The aim of my article is to find out how living in the transnational space between two countries with significantly different histories changes family life. I discuss how working in a different country than ones homeland can change the way one thinks about family and at the same
time encourage people to try out new caretaking patterns. I focus on the trend towards more a inclusive family role of Estonian men working in Finland. My results show that transnational working does change the fathers role inside the family; it gives them the possibility to spend more
time with their children and even to acquire the main caretaker role during the non-working period. Also, the fieldwork shows that men start to appreciate not only providing for economic well-being, but also being emotionally and socially more present in family life while at home.",
}