Good Enough Mothers

Practicing Nurture and Motherhood in Chiapas, Mexico

JM López (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2026
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-83695-407-1 (ISBN)

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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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	10.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality: Social and Cultural Perspectives
Zusatzinfo	Bibliography; Index; 6 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Oxford
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-83695-407-7 / 1836954077
ISBN-13	978-1-83695-407-1 / 9781836954071
Zustand	Neuware