The In/Visibility of Mothering Against the Norm in Francophone Contexts: Private and Public Discourses in the Mediation of “Natural Parenting”

Guignard, Florence

doi:10.22230/cjc.2015v40n1a2893

Canadian Journal of Communication

2015

DOI: 10.22230/cjc.2015v40n1a2893

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The In/Visibility of Mothering Against the Norm in Francophone Contexts: Private and Public Discourses in the Mediation of “Natural Parenting”

Florence Guignard

Abstract: Florence Pasche Guignard is a postdoctoral researcher in the department for the Study of Religion at the university of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street, Floor 3, Toronto, oN m5R 2m8. email: Florence.PascheGuignard@utoronto.ca .

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‘Holistic Mothers’ or ‘Bad Mothers’? Challenging Biomedical Models of the Body in Portugal

Fedele

2016

Religion and Gender

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This paper is based on early fieldwork findings on 'holistic mothering' in contemporary Portugal. I use holistic mothering as an umbrella term to cover different mothering choices, which are rooted in the assumption that pregnancy, childbirth and early childhood are important spiritual occasions for both mother and child. Considering that little social scientific literature exists about the religious dimension of alternative mothering choices, I present here a first description of this phenomenon and offer some initial anthropological reflections, paying special attention to the influence of Goddess spirituality on holistic mothers. Drawing on Pamela Klassen's ethnography about religion and home birth in America (2001), I argue that in Portugal holistic mothers are challenging biomedical models of the body, asking for a more woman-centred care, and contributing to the process, already widespread in certain other European countries, of 'humanising' pregnancy and childbirth.

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‘Holistic Mothers’ or ‘Bad Mothers’? Challenging Biomedical Models of the Body in Portugal

Fedele

2016

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Visible/Invisible: Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere

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When homebirth “goes wrong”: holistic mothers who end up giving birth in a Portuguese hospital

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Research for this article was funded by FCT/MEC, the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, as part of the strategic plan (UID/ANT/04038/2013) of the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA) and as part of my activities as a postdoctoral researcher (SFRH/BPD/47864/2008) and [continues] domiciliar mas acabam por dar à luz num hospital. Criticadas pelo pessoal médico, pelos meios de comunicação e pelo ambiente social, estas mães holísticas vivem sentimentos de culpa e/ou sentem-se inadequadas porque não foram capazes de dar à luz em casa.

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The In/Visibility of Mothering Against the Norm in Francophone Contexts: Private and Public Discourses in the Mediation of “Natural Parenting”

Abstract: Florence Pasche Guignard is a postdoctoral researcher in the department for the Study of Religion at the university of Toronto, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street, Floor 3, Toronto, oN m5R 2m8. email: Florence.PascheGuignard@utoronto.ca .

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

‘Holistic Mothers’ or ‘Bad Mothers’? Challenging Biomedical Models of the Body in Portugal

‘Holistic Mothers’ or ‘Bad Mothers’? Challenging Biomedical Models of the Body in Portugal

Visible/Invisible: Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere

When homebirth “goes wrong”: holistic mothers who end up giving birth in a Portuguese hospital

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