| The Cuban Family: Custom and Change in an Era of Hardship Contributor(s): Skaine, Rosemarie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786416777 ISBN-13: 9780786416776 Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. OUR PRICE: $39.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2003 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Caribbean & West Indies - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies |
| Dewey: 306.850 |
| LCCN: 2003020300 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.22" W x 9.04" (0.70 lbs) 223 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies - Ethnic Orientation - Hispanic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. 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. |