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Good enough mothers : practicing nurture and motherhood in Chiapas, Mexico / J.M. López.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- López, J. M. (Jack M.), author.
- Series:
- Fertility, reproduction, and sexuality ; v. 49.
- Fertility, reproduction and sexuality ; volume 49
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motherhood--Mexico--Chiapas.
- Motherhood.
- Mothers--Services for--Mexico--Chiapas.
- Mothers.
- Maternal health services--Mexico--Chiapas.
- Maternal health services.
- Discrimination in medical care--Mexico--Chiapas.
- Discrimination in medical care.
- Family services--Mexico--Chiapas.
- Family services.
- Mothers--Services for.
- Mexico--Chiapas.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 196 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn, 2022.
- Summary:
- "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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: López, J. M. Good enough mothers
- ISBN:
- 9781800732520
- 180073252X
- OCLC:
- 1264175631
- Publisher Number:
- 99988764212
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