Mujeres y madres desde cuerpos no normativos: narrativas y experiencias en torno a la maternidad de mujeres con discapacidad visual
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2023-04-19
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Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
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Desde una mirada patologizadora del enfoque biomédico, las mujeres con discapacidad no
encajan en un ideal de feminidad y generalmente son percibidas como inapropiadas para
asumir el rol de madres al no encajar en el imaginario de un cuerpo “normal”. Sin embargo, a
pesar de las distintas barreras y juicios de valor presentes en el ejercicio de la sexualidad y
maternidad en las mujeres con discapacidad, el ejercicio de maternidad se constituye también
como una forma de resistencia a lo que es concebido como normal o ideal.
Esta tesis analiza las narrativas en torno a la maternidad en mujeres con discapacidad visual
de 25 a 50 años de ciudades del Perú de sectores medios y bajos. Esta investigación
cualitativa ha recogido ocho historias de vida de mujeres ubicadas en Lima, Callao y Huancayo,
donde se analizan las diversas formas de opresión y resistencias desde la vivencia de la
discapacidad visual, el ser mujer y el ser madres.
En ese sentido, en primer lugar, se explorará cómo las mujeres con discapacidad visual se
vincularon con diversos discursos y experiencias de maternidad y feminidad a partir de su
relación con sus madres, padres, otras figuras maternas y sus familiares en general. En
segundo lugar, se analizará cómo las mujeres construyen sus narrativas en torno a la identidad
femenina y maternidad a partir de vínculos sexuales y afectivos, y experiencias de violencia de
género. En tercer lugar, se explorarán las narrativas en torno a la maternidad y feminidad a
partir de diversas prácticas y experiencias que se enmarcan en lo que entienden como
maternidad como la crianza, el gestar, el dar a luz, el cuidado de sus hijos/as y a otras
personas, entre otros. Finalmente, se exploraron los significados en torno a la maternidad que
manejan las mujeres entrevistadas, la relación entre el ser mujer y el ser madre y las
diferencias que identifican entre las mujeres y madres con discapacidad visual y las mujeres y
madres que no tienen discapacidad.
From a pathologizing perspective of the biomedical approach, women with disabilities do not fit into an ideal of femininity and are generally perceived as inappropriate to assume the role of mothers as they do not fit into the imaginary of a "normal" body. However, despite the different barriers and value judgments present in the exercise of sexuality and maternity in women with disabilities, the exercise of maternity is also constituted as a form of resistance to what is conceived as normal or ideal. This thesis analyzes the narratives around maternity in women with visual disabilities between the ages of 25 and 50 from middle and low-income backgrounds in Peru. This qualitative research has collected eight life stories of women located in Lima, Callao and Huancayo, where the various forms of oppression and resistance are analyzed from the experience of having visual disability, being a woman and being mothers. In this sense, it explores how women with visual disabilities were linked to various discourses and experiences of maternity and femininity from their relationship with their mothers, fathers, other maternal figures and their relatives in general. Secondly, it analyzes how women build their narratives around female identity and maternity from sexual and affective ties, and experiences of gender violence. Third, the narratives around motherhood and femininity is explored from various practices and experiences that are part of what they understand as motherhood such as parenting, gestating, giving birth, caring for their children. and other people, among others. Finally, the meanings around maternity that the interviewed women handle, the relationship between being a woman and being a mother and the differences that they identify between women and mothers with visual disabilities and women and mothers who do not have disabilities were explored.
From a pathologizing perspective of the biomedical approach, women with disabilities do not fit into an ideal of femininity and are generally perceived as inappropriate to assume the role of mothers as they do not fit into the imaginary of a "normal" body. However, despite the different barriers and value judgments present in the exercise of sexuality and maternity in women with disabilities, the exercise of maternity is also constituted as a form of resistance to what is conceived as normal or ideal. This thesis analyzes the narratives around maternity in women with visual disabilities between the ages of 25 and 50 from middle and low-income backgrounds in Peru. This qualitative research has collected eight life stories of women located in Lima, Callao and Huancayo, where the various forms of oppression and resistance are analyzed from the experience of having visual disability, being a woman and being mothers. In this sense, it explores how women with visual disabilities were linked to various discourses and experiences of maternity and femininity from their relationship with their mothers, fathers, other maternal figures and their relatives in general. Secondly, it analyzes how women build their narratives around female identity and maternity from sexual and affective ties, and experiences of gender violence. Third, the narratives around motherhood and femininity is explored from various practices and experiences that are part of what they understand as motherhood such as parenting, gestating, giving birth, caring for their children. and other people, among others. Finally, the meanings around maternity that the interviewed women handle, the relationship between being a woman and being a mother and the differences that they identify between women and mothers with visual disabilities and women and mothers who do not have disabilities were explored.
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Violencia contra la mujer--Perú, Maternidad--Perú, Acceso para personas con daño visual--Perú, Sexualidad--Perú, Cuerpo humano -- Aspectos sociales--Perú, Imagen corporal--Perú, Personas con daño visual--Perú, Ciegos--Perú
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