Good Enough Mothers
Release on 2021-11-12 | by JM López

acknowledge that this had been the case and instead spoke of the sacrifices she had made for her children, as any good mother should. Sara's mother's beliefs of what constituted a good mother led her to the drastic action she took by ...

Good Enough Mothers
  • Author: JM López
  • Publisher: Berghahn Books
  • ISBN: 9781800732537
  • Category: Family & Relationships
  • Page: 200
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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.

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