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It Takes Another Kind of Village: How Older Husbands in Rural Spanish Communities Experience Caregiving.
- Source :
- Anthropology & Aging; 2023, Vol. 44 Issue 3, p16-31, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- This article explores how older husbands' caregiving experiences are interwoven with the social representation of 'the village,' understood herein as an intimate, local community that actively contributes to long-term care on a daily basis. The concepts of belonging and doing kinship form the analytical basis for illuminating this interaction between care from husbands and daily community care. I use the social representation of the imagined community both as the axis for articulating the singular experiences of care, and the construct of a village that values its collective history, local rituals, natural environment, and ordinary routines. Study data are based on ethnographic observations of the daily long-term care trajectories of five married couples in two villages and one small town in the rural Spanish Mediterranean. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23742267
- Volume :
- 44
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Anthropology & Aging
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175290263
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.5195/aa.2023.441