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Author Smith-Oka, Vania, 1975- author.

Title Shaping the motherhood of indigenous Mexico / Vania Smith-Oka
Published Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages) : illustrations, map
Contents Introduction : Burst Uterus and Spoiled Milk -- "Somos Mexicanos" : Giving Birth to the Nation -- From Eugenics to Parteras : Changing Conceptions of Maternity -- Conflicted Relationships at Home and at the Clinic -- Expectations of Good Motherhood -- Laughter and the "Best" Medicine -- Conclusion : "I Nurture Them Because I Love Them."
Summary Ethnographically explores the construction of motherhood in indigenous Mexico. Adds to anthropological literature on reproduction, economic development, and motherhood. Explores how indigenous mothers are viewed and managed by welfare programs as well as how humor becomes a way for the women to cope with their own marginality. -- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-227) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Indian women -- Mexico -- Amatlán (Morelos) -- History
Indian mothers -- Mexico -- Amatlán (Morelos) -- Social conditions
Indian mothers -- Mexico -- Amatlán (Morelos) -- Economic conditions
Indian mothers -- Health and hygiene -- Mexico -- Amatlán (Morelos)
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Economic history.
Indian women.
Social conditions.
SUBJECT Amatlán (Morelos, Mexico) -- Social conditions
Amatlán (Morelos, Mexico) -- Economic conditions
Subject Mexico -- Amatlán (Morelos)
Genre/Form History.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780826519191
0826519199