Narrativas autobiográficas: experiências & [res] significações se ser mãe especial

Abstract

In the search to rediscovering and [res] finding new paths, it's intended to enter this writing to tell a story. However, the problem to tell this story is used as a research problem, to question how is the trajectory and the experience of being the mother of a special child? And how do the [res] significations of motherhood come about? Based on these questions, I will tell my story as a special mother. Thus, the central objective of this study is to seek evidence in the ways of narrating the experiences [res] of motherhood and the condition of being a special mother. It presents as theoretical reference the institution family through the times: From the concept to its organization, I also talk about the historical considerations of motherhood and the role of being a mother, having historical facts and the feeling of motherhood, lastly a big question is: And when the child is born with a disability? Where is proposed a brief reflection on the experiences and relationships that surround this context. It will be a qualitative research, anchored by the biographical approach, specifically autobiographical. The author's daughter participates in the research. The autobiography is presented as a memorial. The memory "cut-outs" will be interspersed in the writing with photos of the daughter that has West syndrome, the subject and the author of this research. The autobiographical narratives are divided into four chapters. In the first chapter entitled: A meeting with myself, a story is presented in the form of brief reports the moments of the author's family constitution, in the second chapter, which receives the title: The realization of a dream: from pregnancy to birth, are narrated the main moments from the discovery of pregnancy to birth, already in chapter three, entitled: Doubts, fears and uncertainties: a diagnosis, the narratives involved in the process of the diagnosis and acceptance of the daughter's disability. In the fourth and last chapter that receives the title of (Re) Meaning of motherhood: an encounter with myself, the experiences and the resignifications of special motherhood are presented. It's hoped by this study that, in addition to sharing the lived and thoughtful experiences of a special mother, that this autobiography can help and contribute, in some way, in the trajectory of other special mothers.