Essays about: "ideals of motherhood and mothering"

Found 4 essays containing the words ideals of motherhood and mothering.

1. 1. The Snowball Effect: the paradoxes of modern gender roles of the middle-class parents of Copenhagen

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Maria Hald Ytzen; [2020]
   Keywords : Social Anthropology; Parenthood; Gender Equality; Governmentality; Biopower; Masculinity; Intensive Mothering; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores access to central knowledge platforms of middle-class parents within the context of Copenhagen. Through a qualitative approach, including interviews and participant observation, access to the 3 main knowledge platforms is explored: firstly, direct contact with municipality health care visitors in the home; secondly, maternity groups constructed according to homogenic ideals and finally, the online community of Facebook. READ MORE

3. 2. Stigma of Adolescent Pregnancy and Motherhood in Bolivia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Josefin Edberg; [2019]
   Keywords : Adolescent pregnancy; adolescent motherhood; stigma; discrimination; Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health; Bolivia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Stigma of pregnant and mothering adolescents is linked to socially constructed gender roles and sexual identities, ideals of motherhood, and stigma of adolescent sexual activity. As such, it constitutes an adolescent sexual and reproductive health issue. READ MORE

4. 3. Migrating Mothers’ Experiences of Motherhood and Mothering in an ever-globalizing World.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Linnea Ljung; [2018]
   Keywords : migration; transnational motherhood; motherwork; mothering; migrant mother’s intersectionality; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Female migrants comprise half of the worlds migrating people today. Modern ideals of mothering and motherhood entail mothers staying at home to care for their children, mother’s having to migrate away from their families contradicts current (modern) values. READ MORE

5. 4. To mother or to migrate? Ideal motherhood and normative migration: Perceptions from Nicaraguan migrant mothers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Rebecca Sjöstrand; [2014]
   Keywords : Nicaragua; migration; transnational motherhood; norms; ideals of motherhood and mothering; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Female transnational labour migrants account for half of Nicaragua’s high volume of migrants, where women partake in international seasonal migration, primarily to Costa Rica, to improve the lives of themselves and their children. The migration processes are often informal, short-term and repetitive, often with reasons related to Nicaragua’s high poverty levels and unemployment rates. READ MORE