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.