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‘Mums Are Mums’: Negotiations of Parenthood Ideals Among Swedish Mothers with ADHD
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare. (Samproduktion)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-5387-325x
Mälardalen University, School of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Health and Welfare. (WELFARE)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6223-1109
2021 (English)In: Close relations: Family, kinship, and beyond / [ed] Helena Wahlström Henriksson; Klara Goedecke, Singapore: Springer Singapore , 2021, 1, p. 193-208Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

The aim of this chapter is to explore Motherhood ideology from the perspective of mothers with a neuropsychiatric diagnosis. The analysis draws on interviews with Swedish mothers with the diagnosis ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and is informed by the theoretical concepts able-mindedness and responsibility. The interviewed mothers experience pressure to comply with what they perceive of as gendered expectations on mothers to possess specific cognitive abilities. Keeping the order, plan and organize family life are described as cognitive abilities that are more connected to motherhood than fatherhood. Experienced difficulties with this type of cognitive abilities are framed by a diagnostic discourse and turned into objects for pharmaceutical treatment. A gender equality discourse is however also used to resist or renegotiate ascribed gendered responsibilities in parenting and gendered norms of cognitive prowess.

 

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Singapore: Springer Singapore , 2021, 1. p. 193-208
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Crossroads of Knowledge, ISSN 2197-9634
Keywords [en]
Motherhood, Motherhood ideology, neuropsychiatric diagnosis, gender, ADHD, able-mindedness, disability, responsibility, neuroculture, Sweden
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Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-56185DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-0792-9_12ISBN: 978-981-16-0792-9 (electronic)ISBN: 978-981-16-0791-2 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mdh-56185DiVA, id: diva2:1602738
Available from: 2021-10-13 Created: 2021-10-13 Last updated: 2022-10-31Bibliographically approved

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