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Maternities Made of Many Women: Experiences of Young Mothers in Vulnerable Contexts

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No. 24 (2025): Diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2025.82612
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Abstract

This article proposes to understand motherhood as an experience that encompasses a range of perceptions, ideas, practices, and lived realities that accumulate around it. Recognizing that motherhood involves the repetition of numerous tasks that constitute unpaid care work, the analysis focuses on the strategies developed to sustain these responsibilities. Specifically, the article examines the tools and forms of support that young mothers build in their everyday lives, with particular attention to how, in certain social contexts, motherhood takes on a shared character through the formation of close-knit networks and support systems. Motherhood is thus presented as a relational practice, based on the findings of a qualitative doctoral research. Among the key insights are the conceptualization of motherhood as a collective practice and the identification of a form of intergenerational pedagogy. The article aims to contribute to the discussion on motherhood in contexts of vulnerability, as well as to debates surrounding the transition to adulthood.

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motherhood , youth , women , care work , strategies

Author Biography

Nina Scopinaro, CONICET

Becaria Postdoctoral (CONICET). Doctora en Ciencias Sociales y Magíster en Estudios de Juventud (FLACSO Argentina). Licenciada en Ciencias de la Educación (FFyL, UBA).

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Scopinaro, N. . (2025). Maternities Made of Many Women: Experiences of Young Mothers in Vulnerable Contexts. Revista Punto Género, (24), pp. 147–175. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7473.2025.82612
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