Services on Demand
Journal
Article
Indicators
- Cited by SciELO
- Access statistics
Related links
- Similars in SciELO
Share
Culturales
On-line version ISSN 2448-539XPrint version ISSN 1870-1191
Abstract
GOMEZ-URRUTIA, Verónica and HERRERA VASQUEZ, Luis. Gender and class: Discourses on motherhood and upbringing in Maule, Chile. Culturales [online]. 2019, vol.7, e450. Epub Aug 07, 2020. ISSN 2448-539X. https://doi.org/10.22234/recu.20190701.e450.
This article characterizes young women’s discourses on motherhood/fatherhood in the Maule region, central-south Chile. The relevance of this analysis is given by the fact that parenthood implies -beyond biological birth- a set of practices and norms organized around gendered criteria. Historically, these norms and practices have been crucial in helping define women’s role in society and in socially allocating responsibilities over social reproduction. We use a qualitative approach, based on semi-structured interviews which were analyzed following the principles of thematic coding. Our results indicate that such discourses are constantly being renegotiated in women’s daily lives, with notable differences by level of formal education taken as proxy for social class. This suggests a stratification of beliefs and practices regarding motherhood.
Keywords : motherhood; gender; discourses; young people; social change.