Discursive Matrixes of Motherhood examines women's discourse on their experiences of new motherhood in Finland and France. It sets out from two culturally prevalent turns of speech observed in different social forums: in conversations amongst mothers with tertiary education and in the print media. The pool of data includes: 30 interviews, 8 autobiographically inspired novels and 80 items from women's magazines. With instruments loaned from the toolbox of rhetorical analysis, the recurrence of certain expressions or clichés is analyzed with regard to the national, cultural, biographical, political and daily contexts and settings in which the speaking subjects are immersed. "Staying at home is such a short and special time", the first expres...
“Ay! Motherhood is the most beautiful event in a woman’s life!” This is one of the commonest express...
Užsienio mokslininkai pastebi, kad, nepaisant visuomeninio gyvenimo modernėjimo, kultūrinės nuostato...
Abstract In this thesis, my intention is to show what kinds of meanings women attach to first-time ...
In the public discussion of the 2000s, family, parenting and parenthood have been the focus of defin...
In this master's thesis, I have reviewed, how women who have moved to Finland from abroad, position ...
Objective The aim of the study was to facilitate the understanding and interpretation of multiple a...
The aim of the study was to find out, what parents' discourses in a situation of unemployment are li...
Becoming a mother : Narratives of motherhood. Invisibilised socialisation and emotions of motherhood...
This dissertation reports on research on the contradictions between “right-aged” motherhood accordan...
This dissertation examines what kind of language socialization migrant mothers encounter in their ev...
Pagrindinė šio tyrimo prielaida yra tai, kad motinystės atsisakymas yra socialiai sukonstruotas proc...
Eija Sevón pohti väitöstutkimuksessaan, millaista on tulla äidiksi nyky-yhteiskunnassa, jossa äiteih...
Abstract This study examines how voluntarily childless people speak about their way of life: What d...
Involuntary childlessness is a painful experience of the unfilled desire of having a child that affe...
The children’s wear industry has been growing every year. Children became extensions of their parent...
“Ay! Motherhood is the most beautiful event in a woman’s life!” This is one of the commonest express...
Užsienio mokslininkai pastebi, kad, nepaisant visuomeninio gyvenimo modernėjimo, kultūrinės nuostato...
Abstract In this thesis, my intention is to show what kinds of meanings women attach to first-time ...
In the public discussion of the 2000s, family, parenting and parenthood have been the focus of defin...
In this master's thesis, I have reviewed, how women who have moved to Finland from abroad, position ...
Objective The aim of the study was to facilitate the understanding and interpretation of multiple a...
The aim of the study was to find out, what parents' discourses in a situation of unemployment are li...
Becoming a mother : Narratives of motherhood. Invisibilised socialisation and emotions of motherhood...
This dissertation reports on research on the contradictions between “right-aged” motherhood accordan...
This dissertation examines what kind of language socialization migrant mothers encounter in their ev...
Pagrindinė šio tyrimo prielaida yra tai, kad motinystės atsisakymas yra socialiai sukonstruotas proc...
Eija Sevón pohti väitöstutkimuksessaan, millaista on tulla äidiksi nyky-yhteiskunnassa, jossa äiteih...
Abstract This study examines how voluntarily childless people speak about their way of life: What d...
Involuntary childlessness is a painful experience of the unfilled desire of having a child that affe...
The children’s wear industry has been growing every year. Children became extensions of their parent...
“Ay! Motherhood is the most beautiful event in a woman’s life!” This is one of the commonest express...
Užsienio mokslininkai pastebi, kad, nepaisant visuomeninio gyvenimo modernėjimo, kultūrinės nuostato...
Abstract In this thesis, my intention is to show what kinds of meanings women attach to first-time ...