WORKING MOTHERS AND THEIR MULTIVOICED SELF/ LAS MADRES TRABAJADORAS Y LA POLIFONÍA DE SU SELF/ AS MÃES TRABALHADORAS E A POLIFONIA DE SEU SELF
Since the 1960’s, work has been a goal for Brazilian middle class women. In contrast, mothers of lower-income groups have always needed to work. This qualitative study investigated the meaning of motherhood, child care and work among 28 working mothers of different social classes. In order to do so,...
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Universidad Nacional de Colombia
2012-12-01
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| description | Since the 1960’s, work has been a goal for Brazilian middle class women. In contrast, mothers of lower-income groups have always needed to work. This qualitative study investigated the meaning of motherhood, child care and work among 28 working mothers of different social classes. In order to do so, interviews and focus groups were conducted. Results show that women attribute exclusively to mothers the child care function. In addition, being a working woman has different meanings for each of those two social classes. There are voices in the self that represent the positions of mother and worker. They act on the meaning systems and they can lead to contradictory attitudes in a similar context. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3eea0cde9cad4dd1836777c32d8b24c12022-12-22T03:23:05ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaRevista Colombiana de Psicología0121-54692012-12-01212315324WORKING MOTHERS AND THEIR MULTIVOICED SELF/ LAS MADRES TRABAJADORAS Y LA POLIFONÍA DE SU SELF/ AS MÃES TRABALHADORAS E A POLIFONIA DE SEU SELFLeila Sanches de AlmeidaSince the 1960’s, work has been a goal for Brazilian middle class women. In contrast, mothers of lower-income groups have always needed to work. This qualitative study investigated the meaning of motherhood, child care and work among 28 working mothers of different social classes. In order to do so, interviews and focus groups were conducted. Results show that women attribute exclusively to mothers the child care function. In addition, being a working woman has different meanings for each of those two social classes. There are voices in the self that represent the positions of mother and worker. They act on the meaning systems and they can lead to contradictory attitudes in a similar context.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/viewFile/27899/37795motherhoodchild carefemale workworking mothersselfmaternidadcuidados infantilestrabajo femeninomadres trabajadorasmaternidadecuidados infantistrabalho femininemães trabalhadoras |
| spellingShingle | Leila Sanches de Almeida WORKING MOTHERS AND THEIR MULTIVOICED SELF/ LAS MADRES TRABAJADORAS Y LA POLIFONÍA DE SU SELF/ AS MÃES TRABALHADORAS E A POLIFONIA DE SEU SELF Revista Colombiana de Psicología motherhood child care female work working mothers self maternidad cuidados infantiles trabajo femenino madres trabajadoras maternidade cuidados infantis trabalho feminine mães trabalhadoras |
| title | WORKING MOTHERS AND THEIR MULTIVOICED SELF/ LAS MADRES TRABAJADORAS Y LA POLIFONÍA DE SU SELF/ AS MÃES TRABALHADORAS E A POLIFONIA DE SEU SELF |
| title_full | WORKING MOTHERS AND THEIR MULTIVOICED SELF/ LAS MADRES TRABAJADORAS Y LA POLIFONÍA DE SU SELF/ AS MÃES TRABALHADORAS E A POLIFONIA DE SEU SELF |
| title_fullStr | WORKING MOTHERS AND THEIR MULTIVOICED SELF/ LAS MADRES TRABAJADORAS Y LA POLIFONÍA DE SU SELF/ AS MÃES TRABALHADORAS E A POLIFONIA DE SEU SELF |
| title_full_unstemmed | WORKING MOTHERS AND THEIR MULTIVOICED SELF/ LAS MADRES TRABAJADORAS Y LA POLIFONÍA DE SU SELF/ AS MÃES TRABALHADORAS E A POLIFONIA DE SEU SELF |
| title_short | WORKING MOTHERS AND THEIR MULTIVOICED SELF/ LAS MADRES TRABAJADORAS Y LA POLIFONÍA DE SU SELF/ AS MÃES TRABALHADORAS E A POLIFONIA DE SEU SELF |
| title_sort | working mothers and their multivoiced self las madres trabajadoras y la polifonia de su self as maes trabalhadoras e a polifonia de seu self |
| topic | motherhood child care female work working mothers self maternidad cuidados infantiles trabajo femenino madres trabajadoras maternidade cuidados infantis trabalho feminine mães trabalhadoras |
| url | http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/psicologia/article/viewFile/27899/37795 |
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