“I want to become someone!” Gender, Reproduction and the Moral Career of Motherhood for Women with Sickle Cell Disorders

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dc.contributor.authorBerghs, Maria
dc.contributor.authorDyson, Simon M.
dc.contributor.authorGabba, Amelia
dc.contributor.authorNyandemo, Sia
dc.contributor.authorRoberts, George
dc.contributor.authorDeen, Gbrilla
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Iyamide
dc.date.acceptance2022-05-23
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-30T10:51:05Z
dc.date.available2022-05-30T10:51:05Z
dc.date.issued2022-05-23
dc.descriptionThe file attached to this record is the author's final peer reviewed version. The Publisher's final version can be found by following the DOI link.en
dc.description.abstractIn Sierra Leone, motherhood is being transformed into a moral career for women with sickle cell disorders. This qualitative participatory study, conducted in 2018, involved thirty-six semi-structured interviews with female care-givers and women with sickle cell disorders. Mothers argued that medical models of disease, combined with caring practices, are means to morally manage ideas of ‘spoiled identity’ and rethink the sick role, disability and life-outcomes of a potentially serious condition. Mothers encourage their children with sickle cell to stay in education as a route to access formal employment and careers that will not tax their bodies and ensure reproductive timing. Education and employment are framed temporally to ensure a delay so that girls can develop caring relationships and access motherhood safely. Understanding and encouraging the development of motherhood as a moral career, involving embodied hyper-vigilant caring practices, is valuable for the self-identity of mothers, allowing them to see a future for themselves and their children.en
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dc.funder.otherDe Montfort University VC2020en
dc.identifier.citationBerghs, M., Dyson, S.M., Gabba, A., Nyandemo, S. Roberts, G., Deen, G. and Thomas, I. (2022) “I want to become someone!” Gender, Reproduction and the Moral Career of Motherhood for Women with Sickle Cell Disorders. Culture, Health and Sexuality,en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2083239
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2086/21931
dc.language.isoenen
dc.peerreviewedYesen
dc.projectidN/Aen
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen
dc.researchinstituteInstitute of Health, Health Policy and Social Careen
dc.subjectSierra Leoneen
dc.subjectWomenen
dc.subjectMotherhooden
dc.subjectReproductionen
dc.subjectchildrenen
dc.title“I want to become someone!” Gender, Reproduction and the Moral Career of Motherhood for Women with Sickle Cell Disordersen
dc.typeArticleen

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