Good Enough Mothers

Practicing Nurture and Motherhood in Chiapas, Mexico
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-80073-252-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 49, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 465 g

Reihe: Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

López, Jm

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Contexts

Chapter 1. La Orilla: Coletas ad Coloniality

Part II: Childbearing Politics

Chapter 2. Bety and Rosa

Chapter 3. Bridging the Gap: Barrio Midwives

Chapter 4. Cris, Sofi and Esme: The Birth Centre

Part III: Nurture Work

Chapter 5. Lupita and Carlita

Chapter 6. Sara, Bania and Lila: Good Enough Mothers

Conclusion: Translating a Local-Global Maternal Health

Appendix: On Doing Fieldwork with Children

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

López, Jm
JM López is a medical anthropologist specialising in barriers to healthcare, sexual health and care ethics as well as working with the design and ethics of collaborative ethnography. They are Assistant Professor in Health and Society at the University of Bradford, UK.