가정과삶의질연구 (Journal of Families and Better Life)
- 제18권3호통권47호
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- Pages.71-84
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- 2000
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- 2765-1932(pISSN)
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- 2765-2432(eISSN)
초기 모성경험에 관한 질적 연구
An Ethnographic Case Study on the Early Motherhood
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노영주
(서울대학교 생활과학대학 아동
${\cdot}$ 가족학과)
- Noh, Young-Joo (Dept. of Child and Family Study Seoul National University Lecturer)
- 발행 : 2000.09.01
초록
The purpose of this study is to analyze the structure of maternal experiences. This study applies ethnographic case study, interview data were collected through in-depth interviews of 10 key interviewees. Findings were as follows: (1) Experiences of the body were about creating a new being through the pain of giving a birth and differed according to woman's self-evaluation of identity. (2) Child-rearing experiences marked a shift of position from a child to a parent. Interviewees experienced the hardhsip of life as a mother, its meanings differed according to the social context of interviewees. Child-rearing experiences meant a process of personal maturity. (3) Mother-child relationship shaped by child-rearing experiences, is a process of building meanings. It led to empathy and reinterpretation of her mother's life.