Maternality, according to Hyvrard, is concerned not only with childbirth, but in particular with the whole mental universe of the mother and with the physical, psychic, social and cultural changes in her life. The article shows these changes and analyses the emotional ambiguity of two single mothers, protagonists of Carole Fives’ Tenir jusqu’à l’aube (2018) and Adeline Fleury’s Ida n’existe pas (2020). Based on feminist critical approach (Kristeva, Irigaray) and on psychoanalytic theories (Guéritault), the analysis demonstrates that their negative emotions and their rejection of motherhood originates from maternal burn-out. The complexity of this feeling, which results from the maternal function and from the particular situation of the moth...
Esas mujeres rubias (2011) [Those Blonde Women] by Ana García-Siñeriz is a Spanish novel giving a mo...
Depictions of non-motherhood remain a rarity in Francophone literature. The persistent silence surro...
Becoming a mother : Narratives of motherhood. Invisibilised socialisation and emotions of motherhood...
International audienceStarting from a survey through interview with mothers who are in a “single par...
This article compares the representation of voluntary childlessness in two recent literary texts: Li...
This article addresses the issue of maternal guilt, by focusing on contemporary French literature -...
Whereas a happy motherhood is a collective aspiration, it is known that many women are reporting psy...
Alors qu’une maternité heureuse est une aspiration collective, il est établi que de nombreuses femme...
This article proposes an original framework for understanding the motivations for motherhood by reco...
International audienceThe prevailing dominant discourse about motherhood in western societies reflec...
S'inspirant d'une typologie des courants de pensée féministes, les auteures situent au sein du mouve...
Lettres parisiennes, correspondance entre Nancy Huston et Leïla Sebbar publiée en 1986, est avant to...
L’abandon d’enfants a existé de tout temps. Des travaux d’historiens portent sur ce phénomène, et su...
International audienceThis article explores clinical cases of interaction between depressed mothers ...
Du refus de l’institution de la maternité... à la revendication de la jouissance maternelle : de la ...
Esas mujeres rubias (2011) [Those Blonde Women] by Ana García-Siñeriz is a Spanish novel giving a mo...
Depictions of non-motherhood remain a rarity in Francophone literature. The persistent silence surro...
Becoming a mother : Narratives of motherhood. Invisibilised socialisation and emotions of motherhood...
International audienceStarting from a survey through interview with mothers who are in a “single par...
This article compares the representation of voluntary childlessness in two recent literary texts: Li...
This article addresses the issue of maternal guilt, by focusing on contemporary French literature -...
Whereas a happy motherhood is a collective aspiration, it is known that many women are reporting psy...
Alors qu’une maternité heureuse est une aspiration collective, il est établi que de nombreuses femme...
This article proposes an original framework for understanding the motivations for motherhood by reco...
International audienceThe prevailing dominant discourse about motherhood in western societies reflec...
S'inspirant d'une typologie des courants de pensée féministes, les auteures situent au sein du mouve...
Lettres parisiennes, correspondance entre Nancy Huston et Leïla Sebbar publiée en 1986, est avant to...
L’abandon d’enfants a existé de tout temps. Des travaux d’historiens portent sur ce phénomène, et su...
International audienceThis article explores clinical cases of interaction between depressed mothers ...
Du refus de l’institution de la maternité... à la revendication de la jouissance maternelle : de la ...
Esas mujeres rubias (2011) [Those Blonde Women] by Ana García-Siñeriz is a Spanish novel giving a mo...
Depictions of non-motherhood remain a rarity in Francophone literature. The persistent silence surro...
Becoming a mother : Narratives of motherhood. Invisibilised socialisation and emotions of motherhood...