Narrativas interativas sobre o cuidado materno e seus sentidos afetivo-emocionais

Abstract

Narrativas interativas sobre o cuidado materno Narrativas interativas sobre o cuidado materno e seus sentidos afetivo-emocionais Tania Mara Granato* Tânia Maria José Aiello-Vaisberg** ResumoNa medida em que a clínica e a pesquisa da maternidade reafirmam a importância do suporte social às mães, pretendemos investigar o imaginário de estudantes universitários sobre o cuidado materno. Partindo do pressuposto de que narramos para elaborar experiências vividas, reconhecemos no narrar um procedimento privilegiado de acesso aos sentidos afetivo-emocionais que subjazem a toda conduta humana. Elaboramos uma narrativa fictícia sobre o abandono materno para que estudantes de Educação Física e Jornalismo a completassem. Tais produções imaginativas, consideradas psicanaliticamente, apontam para uma abordagem ambígua. A mãe é responsabilizada pelo destino do filho, ainda que a compreensibilidade de sua conduta seja situada em termos do contexto social. Tal postura parece traduzir o contraste entre o pretendido tratamento ético da questão materna e as expectativas sociais em relação à figura materna, usualmente ocultas pelo discurso contemporâneo do politicamente correto.Palavras-chave: maternidade; imaginário; narrativa; psicanálise. Abstract

Interactive narratives in the investigation of the collective imaginary about motherhood

“…Similar to the results of other studies (Granato & Aiello-Vaisberg, 2013;Granato et al, 2011b), the results of the two groups of students investigated seemed to express a collective imaginary (Giust-Deprairies, 2005) rooted in social processes, according to which principles about good mothering, among others, are constructed. The narratives presented in this study illustrate the coercive social and emotional pressure of pregnancy exerted on parents-to-be, but with a special emphasis on women.…”

The good enough mother under social vulnerability conditions

“…In one of the narratives, a participant wrote, "she is already preparing to be a father and a mother at the same time, therefore a more attentive care". The father does not seem to take any responsibility for the child, which corroborates the findings of Granato and Aiello-Vaisberg (2013), requiring the mother to take full responsibility for the child. Winnicott (2002) states that given the demands of caring for a baby, the father "may not like the part he is responsible for and is not capable of dividing with the mother the huge responsibility that a baby should always represent" (p.15).…”

“…These studies indicate that the maternal figure is still associated with dedication and unconditional love and is supposed to be responsible for the physical and mental well-being of her children (Granato & Aiello-Vaisberg, 2013). …”

Building comprehensive narratives from dialogical encounters: A path in search of meanings

“…They have been utilized in various areas of knowledge (history, anthropology, sociology, psychology) with distinct objectives (Granato, Corbett, & Aiello-Vaisberg, 2011;Larsson & Sjöblom, 2010), presenting themselves as an effective way of studying lived experiences and an appropriate way to access their meanings (Granato & Aiello-Vaisberg, 2013;Kramp, 2004). They also have been used within the context of descriptive phenomenological research (e.g., Sells, Topor, & Davidson, 2004), but in this case they remain a product of the researcher's own reflections on each participant's experience.…”