Women's Work in Special Period Cuba: Making Ends Meet

By Daliany Jerónimo Kersh

1. Contextualizing Women's Work in Special Period Cuba.- 2. Women and Work in Cuba During the First Three Decades of the Revolution, 1959-1989.- 3. 'El Salario no Alcanzaba': The Salary Did Not Stretch.- 4. 'The Invisible Day'.- 5. Formal Work: State Occupations and Work in the Tourist Industry.- 6. Informal Work: Cuentapropismo, La Lucha, and Jineterismo.- 7. The Combination of Different Types of Work.- 8. Attitudes Towards Work.- 9. Conclusion: 'Yo creo que nosotros estamos en el PE todav?a'-I Still Think We're in the Special Period.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030056295
• ISBN13: 9783030056292
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.3"