1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«I will examine parenting as an imagined projection and investigate ways in which my interlocutors envision their life as a first time parent.» (p. 4)

Questions/Hypothèses :
«[W]hat happens when Iranian youth grow up and have babies?» (p. 111)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«This study will be in conversation with three expecting Montreal-based Iranian couples who fall in the cohort known as “the fruit of Iran’s revolution;” in other words, youth that have lived entirely under the post revolutionary regime.» (p. 4)

Instruments :
Guide d’entretien semi-directif

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse de contenu

3. Résumé

In this thesis, «Iranian youth behaviours and ideas are suggested to be predictive of Iranian adult behaviours and ideas I argue that the transformative space constructed between youth and adulthood makes it difficult to formulate such predictions. By considering the transition to first time parenthood as the “site” of adulthood I was able to “catch” a group of young Iranians as they embarked on their “last” cusp of youth. This thesis has identified three axes: the nation, sacrifice and responsibility, that when taken together illustrate the expectant couples’ perceived distance between “youth life” and the contrastive terrain of parenthood. By asking my interlocutors questions about their visions of the future and what kind of mother or father they intended to be, I was able to get insight into what they considered appropriate adult behaviour. They projected that their priorities and perspectives on life would change when they entered this new phase. In some ways they expected they would become a “different kind of person.”» (p. 111-112)