The Self and Maternal Care: An Analysis of Rossella Schillachi's ‘Imprisoned Lullaby’

dc.contributor.authorKincal, Fulya
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-29T17:50:00Z
dc.date.available2024-10-29T17:50:00Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.departmentTekirdağ Namık Kemal Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses the importance of the nature of maternal care as it determines healthy or unhealthy psychological development. The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate that the ongoing quality of mother-infant interaction is more important than the issue of separation from the mother, as a close but unavailable mother or caregiver may cause extreme forms of trauma in the infant. Although attachment researchers have concentrated on the mother-child proximity and the disruptive effect of separation from the mother in the development of attachment theory, less attention has been directed towards the quality of caregiving processes that contribute to the formation and maintenance of secure attachment bonds across the lifespan. This study aims to fill this gap by showing the negative effects of suppressed and unresolved grief internalized by the mother on the mental and physical health of the child. To describe the importance of a good enough mother-child relationship, this study uses the method of textual analysis. Rossella Schillaci's documentary \"Ninna Nanna Prigioniera (Imprisoned Lullaby)\" provides a valuable framework to analyze how an insecure attachment between a mother and an infant can be disruptive for a child's self. The documentary follows the experience of a mother who chooses to keep her newborn and young child under three with her in prison. Roscella Schillachi illustrates the development of an insecure attachment between mother prisoner Yasmina and her daughter Lolita. The documentary film shows that unresolved traumas in a caregiver can lead to insecure or disorganized attachments in infants. Although several studies suggest that mother-child proximity during the first two years is crucial to develop a healthy sense of self, this analysis of documentary provides a different approach to the concept of separation and emphasizes that proximity to a mother with unresolved trauma disturb mother-infant attachment more than separation.
dc.identifier.doi10.15869/itobiad.1243234
dc.identifier.endpage3024
dc.identifier.issn2147-1185
dc.identifier.issue5en_US
dc.identifier.startpage3013
dc.identifier.trdizinid1241359
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.15869/itobiad.1243234
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/tr/yayin/detay/1241359
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11776/12693
dc.identifier.volume12
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofİnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Araştırmaları Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Ulusal Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectAttachment
dc.subjectMother
dc.subjectSelf
dc.subjectPrison
dc.titleThe Self and Maternal Care: An Analysis of Rossella Schillachi's ‘Imprisoned Lullaby’
dc.typeArticle

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