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Author Freidenberg, Judith.

Title Growing old in El Barrio / Judith Noemí Freidenberg.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, ©2000.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  305.2609 F862G    Check Shelf
Description xi, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and index.
Contents Introduction: Contexts of Immigrant Experience: Aging in Place 1 -- Part I Growing Old 11 -- 1. From New Harlem to El Barrio de Nueva York: A Social History of East Harlem, 1658-1948 12 -- 2. "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) 20 -- Part II Growing Old in El Barrio 45 -- 3. "Buscando Ambiente": Searching for a Better Life in a Barrio in the United States 46 -- 4. "El Barrio de Nueva York": From the 1950s to the 1990s 66 -- 5. "Aqui Yo Me Mate Trabajando" (Here I Killed Myself Working): Work Trajectories and Experiences in the Labor Structure 73 -- Part III Being Old in El Barrio 99 -- 6. "La Edad Es Segun la Persona" (Age Depends on the Person): The Meanings of Being Old 100 -- 7. "Los Doctores No Pueden Curar Todas las Enfermedades" (Doctors Cannot Cure All Illnesses): Illness of the Soul and of the Body 123 -- 8. "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 153 -- 9. "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 178 -- Part IV Policy Ethnography of Aging in El Barrio 205 -- 10. El Barrio: A Metaphor for Social Issues in New York City 208 -- 11. "Nadie Sabe Donde Va a Parar El Barrio" (Nobody Knows Where El Barrio Will End Up): Local-Level Policy-Making 240.
Subject Older people -- New York (State) -- New York.
Older people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Economic conditions.
Puerto Ricans -- New York (State) -- New York.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
Older people. (OCoLC)fst01199093
Older people -- Economic conditions. (OCoLC)fst01199102
Puerto Ricans. (OCoLC)fst01083707
New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
New York (State) -- New York -- Harlem. (OCoLC)fst01312318
Alter (DE-588)4001446-0
Puerto Ricaner (DE-588)4116128-2
New York, NY (DE-588)4042011-5
Alter.
New York <NY>
Puertoricaner.
Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN 0814727026 (cloth ; alk. paper)
9780814727027 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0814727034 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780814727034 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
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