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Mamá desobediente

Una mirada feminista a la maternidad

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GANADOR DE LOS INTERNATIONAL LATINO BOOK AWARDS – Medalla de bronze al Mejor Libro de Maternidad / Crianza

«Cunado me piden recomendaciones de libros para futuras madres, el primero que recomiendo es Mamá desobediente: una biblia que nos da herramientas para entender nuestro lugar en el mundo y luchar por una vida mejor». —Jazmina Barrera, autora de Linea nigra.

«Un libro de cabecera que te salva, te trae paz y te da fuerza cuando necesitas tomar decisiones» —Eréndira Ibarra, actriz y activista.

¿Es posible ser mamá y feminista al mismo tiempo? ¿Hay alguna salida al dilema «carrera vs. familia»?

En Mamá desobediente, la periodista, socióloga y madre feminista Esther Vivas aborda estas y otras interrogantes al explorar la maternidad desde un punto de vista emancipatorio. Con un tono fresco pero riguroso, respaldado por una nutrida investigación y en la experiencia personal de la autora, este libro aborda los asuntos menos frecuentados en torno a la maternidad, como la infertilidad, el embarazo, el parto, la violencia obstétrica y la lactancia, ofreciendo guía, datos y herramientas a quienes deseen emprender este recorrido desde una postura crítica.

Con un acercamiento claro, honesto y disruptivo a las complejidades de la experiencia materna en el siglo XXI, Mamá desobediente se ha convertido en un libro esencial sobre la maternidad en la era del feminismo. Porque una vez hemos conquistado el derecho a elegir nuestra maternidad, debemos poder decidir cómo vivirla.

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Is it possible to be a mother and a feminist at the same time? Is there a way out of the "career vs. family" dilemma? If we have chosen to be mothers, to what extent can we decide about our motherhood?

In Mamá desobediente, the Spanish journalist, sociologist, and feminist mom Esther Vivas tackles these and other interrogations, exploring maternity in an emancipating way and without impositions. With a fresh but rigorous note, underpinned in deep research and author's personal experience, this book addresses commonly neglected issues surrounding maternity, such as infertility, pregnancy, childbirth, obstetric violence, and breastfeeding, and offers guidance and actionable tools for those who desire to embark in this journey from a different standpoint.

Vivas' approach feels fresh and reflects the appetite amongst younger generations for disruptive, realistic, and political takes on maternity and parenting, removed from the idealization and over-romanticization that put aside its hitches and challenges, and confine them as exclusively private matters. In the last years, this has become a recurrent topic in Spanish-language literature, especially at the new wave of Latin American women writers, but remains a largely unexplored path in non-fiction.

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      January 1, 2024
      Desobedecer-- to disobey, to defy, to rebel. And to rebel against the patriarchal and neoliberal models of motherhood from a feminist practice is at the heart of this best-selling work that debuted in Spain in 2019 and subsequently spread across Latin America. Journalist and sociologist Vivas interweaves case studies and historical context with personal experiences. Well-researched and documented, she considers motherhood as a spectrum of nuanced maternal experiences: the right to choose--or not to choose--to be mothers and to make decisions about pregnancy and birth through breastfeeding and upbringing are a collective, societal responsibility. Examples include extended parental leaves and economic support for single-parent households. While mainly privileging white, middle-class, hetero-centered experiences in Spain, highlights include Vivas' analysis of surrogacy, in Spanish, vientre de alquiler (literally "womb rental"), as a capitalist commodification of the bodies of women in economic need and the discussion of obstetric violence--medical practices and attitudes harmful to mothers and newborns. In the context of the Latin American women's movements denouncing gender-based violence and la marea verde, the green wave for abortion rights, and the legislative curtailing of women's rights in the U.S., Mam� desobediente is expansive in its introduction of topics not yet sufficiently explored in Spanish-language nonfiction. A timely contribution.

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  • Spanish; Castilian

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