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

"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"-- Provided by publisher CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION Part I CONTEXTS Chapter 1 LA ORILLA: COLETAS AND 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