Growing Old in el Barrio

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ISBN: 9780814727034

ISBN-10: 0814727034

ISBN-13: 9780814727034

Edition: 2000

Authors: Judith Noemi Freidenberg, Judith Noemi Freidenberg

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An important contribution to the history and ethnography of El Barrio. Particularly valuable is the way in which she humanizes her subjects who, as elderly and Latino, are often totally ignored or reduced to a mere statistic. --Arlene Davila, Syracuse University What is daily life like for an elderly person whose income barely covers basic needs? How is life constrained if that person is living within the same marginal enclave to which she first migrated decades ago? How does the implementation of national policies and programs affect the daily life of those growing old in Spanish Harlem? In Growing Old in El Barrio, Judith Freidenberg addresses these questions by examining the…

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 8/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

A native of Argentina,JUDITH FREIDENBERGis Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Maryland.



Acknowledgments


Preface


Introduction: Contexts of Immigrant Experience: Aging in Place



Growing Old



From New Harlem to El Barrio de Nueva York: A Social History of East Harlem, 1658-1948



"Yo Aprendi de Todo Gracias a la Providencia" (I Learned to Do Everything Thanks to Providence): Growing Up a Manual Laborer in an Export-Oriented Economy (1902-1948)



Growing Old in El Barrio



"Buscando Ambiente": Searching for a Better Life in a Barrio in the United States



"El Barrio de Nueva York": From the 1950s to the 1990s



"Aqui Yo Me Mate Trabajando" (Here I Killed Myself Working): Work Trajectories and Experiences in the Labor Structure



Being Old in El Barrio



"La Edad Es Segun la Persona" (Age Depends on the Person): The Meanings of Being Old



"Los Doctores No Pueden Curar Todas las Enfermedades" (Doctors Cannot Cure All Illnesses): Illness of the Soul and of the Body



"Usted Sabe Lo Triste Que Es Eso? No Tener Quien Vele por Uno?" (Do You Know How Sad That Is? Not Having Someone Watch Out There for You?): Connections and Illness of the Soul



"Estamos Pobres de Dinero Pero Somos Todos Ricos" (We Are Poor in Money, But We Are All Rich): Coping with Economic Constraints in Daily Life



Policy Ethnography of Aging in El Barrio



El Barrio: A Metaphor for Social Issues in New York City



"Nadie Sabe Donde Va a Parar El Barrio" (Nobody Knows Where El Barrio Will End Up): Local-Level Policy-Making


Ethnographic Findings and Policy Recommendations


Notes


References


Author Index


Subject Index


About the Author