Abstract

LIMA, Ana Cristina Pereira. Maternity denied: single mothers and infanticide women in Ceará in the 11th century. Educ. Form. [online]. 2021, vol.6, n.2, e4115.  Epub Apr 20, 2021. ISSN 2448-3583.  https://doi.org/10.25053/redufor.v6i2.4115.

The text analyzes the experiences of single mothers and infanticide women in the second half of the 19th century and the ways in which they were represented in the Ceará press of the period. The disputes over the formulation of hegemonic family patterns in the 19th century showed several subjects and forms of family ordering, evidencing stories of female protagonism in the head of their homes and in the definition of values and practices about motherhood. In this sense, both the ways of naming, representing and punishing crimes against honor and the crime of infanticide, as well as the ways in which women expressed other values and affections about marriage and children are part of this papper. This research used newspapers, official documents, police reports and literature as sources.

Keywords : Women; Maternity; Family; Infanticide.

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