List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I: Contexts

Chapter 1. La Orilla: Coletas ad Coloniality

Part II: Childbearing Politics

Chapter 2. Bety and Rosa
Chapter 3. Bridging the Gap: Barrio Midwives
Chapter 4. Cris, Sofi and Esme: The Birth Centre

Part III: Nurture Work

Chapter 5. Lupita and Carlita
Chapter 6. Sara, Bania and Lila: Good Enough Mothers

Conclusion: Translating a Local-Global Maternal Health

Appendix: On Doing Fieldwork with Children

References
Index

JM López is a medical anthropologist specialising in barriers to healthcare, sexual health and care ethics as well as working with the design and ethics of collaborative ethnography. They are Assistant Professor in Health and Society at the University of Bradford, UK.