Mères seules et belles-mères. Normes conjugales et maternelles en tension.
Based on an ethnographic field made in two associations (one of single-mothers and the other of stepmothers), and on 56 interviews carried out with members and non-members of those associations, this article seeks to interrogate how single-motherhood and step-motherhood affect maternity norms of wom...
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| description | Based on an ethnographic field made in two associations (one of single-mothers and the other of stepmothers), and on 56 interviews carried out with members and non-members of those associations, this article seeks to interrogate how single-motherhood and step-motherhood affect maternity norms of women. It shows that those norms vary according to the women’s family trajectory. The experience of single-motherhood simultaneously leads to a demand of women independence out of the nuclear family model and to a reaffirmation of the prominent and naturalized mother-child bond. Conversely, the experience of step-parenthood leads to a criticism of the maternal identity and to a valorization of the conjugal relationship. The analysis reveals the way associations affect women’s norms while a study conducted in Ile-de-France with women who are non-members of associations reveals how social position and prior family trajectory of women affect their norms of maternity and conjugality. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f515160f427f40d8818d81008a0a1ef22025-01-09T13:06:28ZfraGenre, Sexualité et SociétéGenre, Sexualité et Société2104-37362016-12-011610.4000/gss.3879Mères seules et belles-mères. Normes conjugales et maternelles en tension.Manon Réguer-PetitBased on an ethnographic field made in two associations (one of single-mothers and the other of stepmothers), and on 56 interviews carried out with members and non-members of those associations, this article seeks to interrogate how single-motherhood and step-motherhood affect maternity norms of women. It shows that those norms vary according to the women’s family trajectory. The experience of single-motherhood simultaneously leads to a demand of women independence out of the nuclear family model and to a reaffirmation of the prominent and naturalized mother-child bond. Conversely, the experience of step-parenthood leads to a criticism of the maternal identity and to a valorization of the conjugal relationship. The analysis reveals the way associations affect women’s norms while a study conducted in Ile-de-France with women who are non-members of associations reveals how social position and prior family trajectory of women affect their norms of maternity and conjugality.https://journals.openedition.org/gss/3879socializationgender normsmotherhoodsingle-motherhoodstep-motherhood |
| spellingShingle | Manon Réguer-Petit Mères seules et belles-mères. Normes conjugales et maternelles en tension. Genre, Sexualité et Société socialization gender norms motherhood single-motherhood step-motherhood |
| title | Mères seules et belles-mères. Normes conjugales et maternelles en tension. |
| title_full | Mères seules et belles-mères. Normes conjugales et maternelles en tension. |
| title_fullStr | Mères seules et belles-mères. Normes conjugales et maternelles en tension. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mères seules et belles-mères. Normes conjugales et maternelles en tension. |
| title_short | Mères seules et belles-mères. Normes conjugales et maternelles en tension. |
| title_sort | meres seules et belles meres normes conjugales et maternelles en tension |
| topic | socialization gender norms motherhood single-motherhood step-motherhood |
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