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.

From Chapter 4, p. 74:
"Cuba’s socialist government is wrestling with many of the same challenges to family life as the rest of the world. Family form is not consistent and is in a state of flux. Perhaps the Cuban American Alliance Education Fund’s report described the country’s emphasis best. Social concerns are prioritized within the structure of the political system and directed toward different sectors of society -- children, youth, women, seniors, and the disabled. The legal emphasis on equality of men and women and of children and the obligation of parents to provide for their children is basic to a better life for the families in Cuba."


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments v
Preface 1

Chapter 1 - Historical Perspectives on the Contemporary Cuban Family 5
Chapter 2 - Influences on Today’s Cuban Family 16
Chapter 3 - The Impact of Society on the Cuban Family 45
Chapter 4 - Cuban Family Rights and Forms (Coauthor James C. Skaine) 57
Chapter 5 - Politics, Emigration and Families 75
Chapter 6 - Emigration to the United States (Coauthor James C. Skaine) 95
Chapter 7 - Cuban American Families 119
Chapter 8 - Family Narratives of Life in Cuba 141
Chapter 9 - Family Narratives of Life in the United States 151
Chapter 10 - Looking Forward 160
Appendix 1 - Selected Provisions of the Constitution of the Republic of Cuba 167
Appendix 2 - The Family Code of Cuba 171

Notes 173
Bibliography 191
Index 203                 

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