The Cuban family : custom and change in an era of hardship / by Rosemarie Skaine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skaine, Rosemarie.

Contributor:

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--Cuba.

Families.

Cuban American families.

Cuba.

Physical Description:

vii, 223 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2004]

Summary:

This work explores how relationships of blood, marriage, sex, and residence work in each type of Cuban family, particularly as it is affected by Cuba's struggle to transform its economy. It also examines historical perspectives on the contemporary Cuban family, ethnicity and race, marriage, the extended family, family rights, the emigrating family, United States' citizenship issues, religion, and the Cuban-American family. Exhaustive tables list such details as population numbers, age, life expectancy, growth, birth, and death rates, immigration and mortality rates, HIV rates, and literacy. The book also includes narratives of childhood memories from pre-revolutionary Cuba to the late 20th century, providing fresh insights into the cultural value attached to the family.

Contents:

Historical perspectives on the Cuban family

Influences on today's Cuban family

The impact of society on the Cuban family

Cuban family rights and forms

Politics, emigration and families

Emigration to the United States

Cuban American families

Family narratives of life in Cuba

Family narratives of life in the United States

Looking forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-201) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

0786416777

OCLC:

53038771