Title: The Cuban family : custom and change in an era of hardship /
Authors: Skaine, Rosemarie.
Publisher: McFarland,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Families Cuba.; Cuban American families.
Abstract: "This work explores how relationships of blood, marriage, sex, and residence work in each type of Cuban family, particularly in the context of Cuba's struggle to transform its economy. It also examines historical perspectives on the present-day Cuban family, ethnicity and race, the extended family, family rights, the emigrating family, United States citizenship issues, religion and the Cuban-American 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.