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Abstract

En este trabajo, a partir de las vivencias de mujeres cuidadoras, se reflexiona acerca de los malestares y los síntomas que se derivan de estos y que son coligados por ellas con la labor de cuidados, visto que las desigualdades de cuidar se centran en contextos socioculturales específicos. Se recurre a una metodología de corte cualitativo con un diseño de investigación narrativo de tópicos. La recolección de datos se llevó a cabo mediante la entrevista a profundidad. Una de las contradicciones de cuidar radica en que las mujeres sienten el deber de cuidar de otra persona, y de este modo lo normalizan. Habida cuenta de los hallazgos, parece que, en el México rural, las cuidadoras no tienen alternativa: en un sistema sexo-género patriarcal solo es posible resistir a la naturaleza agobiante del trabajo de cuidados a través del amor y la gratitud, sin importar el cuidado de sí mismas.

Alternate abstract:

Based on the experiences of women caregivers, we reflect in this paper on the discomforts and the symptoms that arise from them, which they associate with caregiving, considering that the inequalities of caring are centered in specific sociocultural contexts. A qualitative methodology with topic narrative research design is used. The data collection was done through in-depth interviews. One of the contradictions of caregiving is that women feel the duty to take care of another person, and in this way, they normalize it. Considering the findings of this study, it seems that in rural Mexico, female caregivers have no choice: in a patriarchal sex-gender system it is only possible to resist the overwhelming burden of caregiving through love and gratitude, regardless of taking care of themselves.

Details

Title
Malestares en cuidadoras de personas adultas mayores dependientes en un contexto rural de Tlaxcala, México *
Author
Ramos-Cela, María Guadalupe 1 ; Flores-Hernández, Aurelia 2 

 Preparatoria Hermenegildo Galeana (Tlaxcala, México) 
 Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala (México) 
Pages
67-69,71-97
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Sep-Dec 2021
Publisher
Filipe Van der Huck
ISSN
20110324
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
Spanish
ProQuest document ID
2618438170
Copyright
© 2021. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.