Room of her own: Remaking empty nest and creating herspaces in practices of Polish mothers whose children left home

Author:

Gajewska MagdalenaORCID,Herzberg-Kurasz MagdalenaORCID,Żadkowska Magdalena1ORCID,Kostecka Marianna2,Dowgiałło Bogna3

Affiliation:

1. University of Gdansk, Faculty of Social Science,Institute of Sociology, Gdansk, ul. Bażynskiego 4, 80-309, Poland

2. University of Adam Mickiewicz, Faculty of Social Science, Institute of Sociology, ul. Szamrzewskiego 89, 60-568 Poznań, Poland

3. University of Gdansk, Faculty of Social Science,Institute of Sociology,ul. Bażynskiego 4, 80-309 Gdansk Poland

Abstract

The tension between the traditional scenario, in which women fulfil themselves mainly as mothers, as well as the emancipatory approach to women’s roles reverberates more and more in Polish society. This conflict between various social expectations has a significant impact on women’s experience of picking up the role of a mother, as well as the intensification of identity ambivalence accompanying their departure from said role. This paper describes the stage in mothers’ lives when adult children move out of their family homes. As part of the [blinded for the review] project, the authors have analysed the stories told by 40 Polish women, whose adult children had moved out of the house, leaving behind a void. The moment of entering a new stage of motherhood and womanhood has been told in the context of a private place – their homes. To further highlight the experience of this moment by the women who participated in the study, the authors have conducted an analysis of their stories within the framework of Victor Turner’s liminality theory. In the case of the women, who participated in the study, the experience of liminality does not lead to a new status that would be socially recognisable. Only nine of them – according to the analysis carried out by the authors – experienced, among other things due to owning or changing their own space, the phase of aggregation, which is typical of becoming a woman in a new role – a mother of an adult child who left home. In contrast, their approach towards space and the practices of everyday life became a pointer showing them the way out of the role of mothers and let them change their status, which the sociologists lack a name for, as the authors argue.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous),Gender Studies

Reference41 articles.

Cited by 5 articles. 订阅此论文施引文献 订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献

1. Adult Children’s Bedrooms and the Emptying Nest: Mechanisms of Transition;Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life;2024

2. Reconfiguration of the Mother’s Role After the Departure of the Children;Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life;2024

3. Navigating Emotional Terrain: Women’s Experiences of Loss and Gain;Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life;2024

4. Without Children at Home: Transition to Herplaces and Hisplaces;Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Family and Intimate Life;2024

5. Gendered experiences during COVID-19 in Turkey and the meaning of home;Gender, Place & Culture;2023-10-30

同舟云学术

1.学者识别学者识别

2.学术分析学术分析

3.人才评估人才评估

"同舟云学术"是以全球学者为主线,采集、加工和组织学术论文而形成的新型学术文献查询和分析系统,可以对全球学者进行文献检索和人才价值评估。用户可以通过关注某些学科领域的顶尖人物而持续追踪该领域的学科进展和研究前沿。经过近期的数据扩容,当前同舟云学术共收录了国内外主流学术期刊6万余种,收集的期刊论文及会议论文总量共计约1.5亿篇,并以每天添加12000余篇中外论文的速度递增。我们也可以为用户提供个性化、定制化的学者数据。欢迎来电咨询!咨询电话:010-8811{复制后删除}0370

www.globalauthorid.com

TOP

Copyright © 2019-2024 北京同舟云网络信息技术有限公司
京公网安备11010802033243号  京ICP备18003416号-3