Alinhavos e rasgos maternais: a (des)educação da madresposa no Clube de Mães Santa Rita de Cássia

Abstract

The study propose the deeply comprehension and the articulation of the socials meanings of being a mother and the life memories created by a group of female artisans, descendant from italian imigrants, called Mother’s Club Saint Rita of Cascia from the city of Caxias do Sul – RS. This mothers club develops handicraft like crochet and embroidery and supports a community action, such as kids clothing donations to families with low income, allowing the interaction between the members and the community, which results in transformations in the life of the women envolved. It aims to analyze the continuities and/or the ruptures (emancipatories alternatives) on the model representation of madresposa from the attendants when they narrate their stories. A model connected to the social function of the motherhood and conjugality towards women. The participant observation, the discussion groups, the single interviews and the questionnaire composed the methodological path. For the analysis, the documentary method of interpretation added to the theoretical references especially to the feminist studies. Among the results, there is the interest of the public authorities in the perpetuation of the “women kindness”, as they beneficiate from the donations made by severals mother’s clubs spread in Brazil and then setting aside the responsability with the necessities of the low income population. It is concluded also the autonomy process that the women try in the Mother’s club, when they find themselves on each other, although they are marked by the traditional way of female.