Good Enough Mothers: Practicing Nurture and Motherhood in Chiapas, Mexico

Good Enough Mothers: Practicing Nurture and Motherhood in Chiapas, Mexico
ISBN-10
1800732538
ISBN-13
9781800732537
Category
Family & Relationships
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
2021-11-12
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Author
JM López

Description

Motherhood in Mexico is profoundly shaped by the legacy of colonialism. This ethnography situates motherhood in a critical global health analysis of maternal health inequalities and interventions in the southeast state of Chiapas. Using a transitional life course framework, it demonstrates how the transition to motherhood is never complete. Once a good mother is defined, she becomes undefined, the goal posts moved, and the rules confronted.

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