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A role that is dedicated to all women, maternity can be considered as the sum of knowledge and experience acquired in both the female self and the process of socialization. The phenomenon of maternity is an area that requires a multi-dimensional look that cannot be viewed in one perspective. Because maternity is a phenomenon that, by its nature, covers the biological, hormonal, social, psychological and cultural fields. Motherhood is a voluntary process that, on the one hand, includes the gender and social gender-related definitions of being a woman, while on the other hand, involves personal decisions and desires. In this context, spatial difficulties, the expectations of the family and the social environment from the woman, the pressure of the double mass on the woman caused by the maintenance of domestic responsibility and work life together, the ability to cope with the difficulties that may arise in this process are the fundamental factors that determine the motherhood identity of the woman. Thus, even if we link the motherhood identity of the woman with the biological and hormonal structure of the woman, we must include the values, norms and cultural elements in the process of socialization in this coverage. The phenomenon of maternity, which has been charged with different meanings in various periods of history, has changed significantly with globalization. The increased participation of women in the public area, the developments in the information and communication technologies and the medical world, the popularity of corporate structures such as daycare facilities for children, primary schools and study centers have influenced the maternity roles of women. In light of all these changes, it will also be important for us to understand the fundamental dynamics of maternity roles to evaluate the transformation of maternity in today’s societies. In this context, the study, asked their mothers and daughters how they defined maternity, where they obtained the sources of information about maternity, the dimensions of the relationship that the mother established with the child, tried to analyze the phenomenon of intergenerational maternity. The data of the research was obtained on the basis of field work that covered a process of approximately five months in 2019. In this framework, the data was collected by applying deep-interviews forms to their mothers and daughters, starting from the quality research pattern. The two generations of the researchers, based on the stories of the mothers, analyzed the data by the story analysis. According to the research findings, the increased participation of women in the professional life, the information resources provided by the internet networks, the services provided by corporate structures in the education of children, the family roles brought with by urbanization and more responsibility for women have led to the change of motherhood identity among generations.

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