Aging and Generations in Cuba
Unravelling the Care Crisis
Abstract
Based on a twelve-year ethnographic study in Havana and rural areas, this book examines the current crisis of eldercare in Cuba, underpinned by advanced demographic aging. With great humanity and a lively narrative, Destremau-Zeitz shows how intergenerational households enact interdependency and solidarity in response to the many complexities of daily life and a protracted economic crisis. Beyond the multidimensional crisis of care, the author argues that Cuba is facing a crisis of social reproduction that appears specific to (ex)socialist countries but holds lessons for many of the world’s developed nations as well.
Schlagworte
care deficit demographic aging Ethnography Sociology intergenerational households postsocialist countries reproductive crisis sexual division of labor- 1–28 Introduction 1–28
- 127–146 Aging Well 127–146
- 147–176 Aging in the Family 147–176
- 195–206 Conclusion 195–206
- 207–212 Epilogue 207–212
- 213–216 Glossary 213–216
- 217–236 Bibliography 217–236
- 237–242 Index 237–242
- 243–244 About the Author 243–244