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

By: López, Jm

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1836954077
• ISBN13: 9781836954071
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"