For a long time, motherhood has been a destiny for women even before being an existential condition and/or a conscious choice. This paper investigates, from a pedagogical perspective, what it means and what it entails, on a symbolic and material level, to be a mother when one is deprived of freedom and forced to exercise the parental function within the walls of a penitentiary or at any rate in sentence expiation facilities where the exercise of rights is constantly conditioned by structural obstacles, but above all by a culture fueled by stereotypes, prejudices, and counter-narratives.
Per molto tempo la maternità è stata per le donne un destino prima ancora che una condizione esistenziale e/o una scelta con-sapevole. Il presente contributo indaga da una prospettiva pedagogica cosa significhi e cosa comporti a livello simbolico e materiale l’essere madri quando si è private della libertà e costrette a esercitare la funzione genitoriale tra le mura di un penitenziario o comunque in strutture di espiazione della pena dove l’esercizio dei diritti è costantemente condizionato da ostacoli strutturali, ma soprattutto da una cultura alimentata da stereotipi, pregiudizi, contro-narrazioni
Zizioli, E. (2023). The recluse mother: a pedagogical reflection. WOMEN & EDUCATION, 1(2), 75 [10.7346/-we-I-02-23_14].
The recluse mother: a pedagogical reflection
Elena Zizioli
2023-01-01
Abstract
For a long time, motherhood has been a destiny for women even before being an existential condition and/or a conscious choice. This paper investigates, from a pedagogical perspective, what it means and what it entails, on a symbolic and material level, to be a mother when one is deprived of freedom and forced to exercise the parental function within the walls of a penitentiary or at any rate in sentence expiation facilities where the exercise of rights is constantly conditioned by structural obstacles, but above all by a culture fueled by stereotypes, prejudices, and counter-narratives.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.