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English
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An Analysis of Hegemony in LDS Discourse on Motherhood
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Logan, UT
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Utah State University
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Master's Thesis
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For this study I interviewed four Mormon women to explore how they engage with the hegemonic structure of Mormon motherhood. Most studies of hegemony explore moments of resistance, where women subvert or challenge accepted gender norms. However, in this case the women I interviewed offered little resistance to hegemonic structures, instead accommodating their lives to hegemonic Mormon motherhood. This thesis explores not only how the hegemonic structure disempowers these LDS women, but also looks at the explanatory models they use to justify their lives. Hegemonic power often goes unquestioned and individuals living within hegemonic structures do not fully perceive the ways hegemonic power operates in their lives. The Mormon women I interviewed do not explicitly acknowledge the hegemonic structure they live in. Rather, per the above explained definition of hegemony, they use hegemonic Mormon motherhood to explain and make sense of their lives. [From the text]