Challenges and experiences of single-parent families headed by single mothers from Amacuitlapilco, Morelos
This article is based on the reflections about changes in family structures and dynamics, although in collective imaginaries, there is an idea of family that only corresponds to a nuclear and an extensive one. The traditional poin of view has interpreted that there is a crisis in the family and does...
| Autor: | |
|---|---|
| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN |
| Repositorio: | Antrópica. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs2.www.antropica.com.mx:article/237 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://antropica.com.mx/ojs2/index.php/AntropicaRCSH/article/view/237 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | monoparental families everyday life narratives challenges experiences rural community single mothers qualitative Familias monoparentales cotidianeidad narrativas retos experiencias comunidad rural madres solteras cualitativo |
| Sumario: | This article is based on the reflections about changes in family structures and dynamics, although in collective imaginaries, there is an idea of family that only corresponds to a nuclear and an extensive one. The traditional poin of view has interpreted that there is a crisis in the family and does not recognize other ways of living and making families. Until our times, single-parenthood is seen as dysfunctional, so it is rejected or questioned, mainly in rural areas. Based on this, there was an interest in documenting the voices of three single mothers who live in a rural community in the state of Morelos. A qualitative methodology was used to understand the challenges these women faced when knew they were pregnant, as well as how they communicated it to their families and the daily experiences of being mothers. In this rural context there is a social rejection towards single-parent families headed by women, some of them have been expelled from the community and others have been made invisible by their families of origin, as a way of protection. Social pressures have perpetuated the ideals of women in the search for the traditional family, as the only alternative to be accepted and recognized in the community. |
|---|