Mater Amatisima

2017

55 min

Spanish

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Given the fetishizing and normalizing character that is given to motherhood in patriarchy in order to perpetuate the social order, do we truly choose to be mothers? Why is care, of fundamental vital labor, presupposed as an especially appropriate task for women?

Status
Released
Production
BBVA Foundation

Keywords

  • social control
  • patriarchy
  • family
  • child labor
  • motherhood
  • maternity

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Top Crew

María Ruido · Director, Writer

Elena Fraj · Editor

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