Frontera Madre(hood)

The topic of mothers and mothering transcends all spaces, from popular culture to intellectual thought and critique. This collection of essays bridges both methodological and theoretical frameworks to explore forms of mothering that challenge hegemonic understandings of parenting and traditional notions of Latinx womxnhood. It articulates the collective experiences of Latinx, Black, and Indigenous mothering from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Thirty contributors discuss their lived experiences, research, or community work challenging multiple layers of oppression, including militarization of the border, border security propaganda, feminicides, drug war and colonial violence, grieving and loss of a child, challenges and forms of resistance by Indigenous mothers, working mothers in maquiladoras, queer mothering, academia and motherhood, and institutional barriers by government systems to access affordable health care and environmental justice. Also central to this collection are questions on how migration and detention restructure forms of mothering. Overall, this collection encapsulates how mothering is shaped by the geopolitics of border zones, which also transcends biological, sociological, or cultural and gendered tropes regarding ideas of motherhood, who can mother, and what mothering personifies. Contributors

Elva M. Arredondo

Cynthia Bejarano

Bertha A. Berm?dez Tapia

Margaret Brown Vega

Macrina C?rdenas Monta?o

Claudia Yolanda Casillas

Luz Estela (Lucha) Castro

Marisa Elena Duarte

Taide Elena

Sylvia Fern?ndez Quintanilla

Paula Flores Bonilla

Judith Flores Carmona

Sandra Guti?rrez

Ma. Eugenia Hern?ndez S?nchez

Irene Lara

Leticia L?pez Manzano

Eduardo Martinez

Maria Cristina Morales

Paola Isabel Nava Gonzales

Olga Odgers-Ortiz

Priscilla P?rez

Silvia Quintanilla Moreno

Cirila Quintero Ram?rez

Felicia Rangel-Samponaro

Coda Rayo-Garza

Shamma Rayo-Gutierrez

Marisol Rodr?guez Sosa

Brenda Rubio

Ariana Saludares

Victoria M. Telles

Michelle T?llez

Marisa S. Torres

Edith Trevi?o Espinosa

Mariela V?squez Tobon

Hilda Villegas