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As representações da Maternidade: retrato de três gerações de mulheres
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Ao longo das últimas décadas, as taxas de natalidade e fecundidade em Portugal têm
vindo a diminuir progressivamente. Perante este cenário, considerou-se pertinente
analisar de que forma as mulheres vivem a maternidade na atualidade.
Este estudo tem como objetivo principal compreender as representações da maternidade
de três gerações de mulheres portuguesas. Para tal, procurou-se verificar se as condições
sociais, económicas e culturais, predominantes em diferentes épocas de Portugal
tiveram impacto na maternidade.
O estudo sustentou-se com um enquadramento teórico atualizado e orientado por uma
investigação bibliográfica. O estudo empírico baseia-se numa metodologia qualitativa,
com recurso à entrevista semi-estruturada, com questões abertas e em profundidade,
aplicada a mulheres com filhos, pertencentes às gerações do período Salazarista, do pós
25 de Abril de 1974 e da atualidade.
Os dados sugerem que as características da sociedade em que as mulheres estão
inseridas influenciam a forma como vivem a maternidade. Porém, embora a vida das
mulheres, hoje, não se centre unicamente na tarefa de ser mãe, a maternidade continua a
ser muito importante para as mulheres portuguesas.
Over the past decades, Portugal birth rates and fertility rates, have been declining progressively. Given this scenario, it was considered appropriate to examine how women experience motherhood nowadays. This study aims to understand the main representations of motherhood of three generations of Portuguese women. By that, we wanted to determine whether the social, economic and cultural, predominant at different times had an impact on motherhood. The study was supported with a theoretical framework and guided by research literature. The empirical study is based on a qualitative methodology, using the semi-structured interviews with open-ended and in-depth questions, applied to women, belonging to three types of generations; the Salazar period, post April 25 of 1974 and nowadays. The data suggest that the characteristics of the society in which women are inserted influences the way they live their motherhood. Neve rtheless motherhood continues to be very important for Portuguese women.
Over the past decades, Portugal birth rates and fertility rates, have been declining progressively. Given this scenario, it was considered appropriate to examine how women experience motherhood nowadays. This study aims to understand the main representations of motherhood of three generations of Portuguese women. By that, we wanted to determine whether the social, economic and cultural, predominant at different times had an impact on motherhood. The study was supported with a theoretical framework and guided by research literature. The empirical study is based on a qualitative methodology, using the semi-structured interviews with open-ended and in-depth questions, applied to women, belonging to three types of generations; the Salazar period, post April 25 of 1974 and nowadays. The data suggest that the characteristics of the society in which women are inserted influences the way they live their motherhood. Neve rtheless motherhood continues to be very important for Portuguese women.
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Dissertação apresentada à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para a obtenção do grau de Mestre em Serviço Social