Hierarchies and household change in postrevolutionary cuba

Latin American Perspectives

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-52

  Safa, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class and racial hierarchies; Cuba; Family; Matrifocality

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMY; CLASS; COMPETITION (ECONOMICS); ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; MARRIAGE; RACIAL IDENTITY; WOMENS STATUS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 59649108009     PISSN: 0094582X     EISSN: 1552678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0094582X08329042     Document Type: Article

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