By comparing the award-winning Franco-Russian film Babousya (2003) by Lidia Bobrova (b. 1952) and several novels by Andreï Makine (b. 1957), a Russian-born French-language writer, this article demonstrates that both artists posit the impoverishment and disempowerment of old people as symptomatic of Russia's transformation into a capitalist society. While opposing the self-effacing and ever-suffering elderly to the newly-rich business class of post-perestroika Russia, Makine and Bobrova express their unabashed nostalgia for Communism or perhaps even for the pre-Petrine past. Opposed to the city, which is often synonymous with the West, the rural Arcadia they advocate is marked by communalism, solidarity, generosity, loyalty to tradition and respect for the elderly, whereby Makine and Bobrova perpetuate Slavophiles' belief in the virtue of the common folk and in Russia's inherent distinctiveness from, not to say superiority to, the West.
This study aimed to evaluate social evolution in Taiwan in recent decades using the changing pattern of care provided by grandparents for their grandchildren as an indicator. Data from the second, fourth and sixth wave surveys of the Study of Health and Living Status of the Middle-Aged and Elderl...
Improving the nutritional status of infants and young children in developing countries depends to a significant extent on adoption of optimal nutrition-related practices within the context of the household. Most policies, research and programmes on child nutrition in non-Western societies focus n...
The discourses of Antillanite and Creolite are both based on the absence of women. This is more important in the discourse of Creolite since it silences the grandmothers, great aunts and village midwives who are the transmitters of folk tales, folk medicines and oral culture. In the struggle for ...
During the Argentine military dictatorship (1976-83) up to 30,000 people disappeared. Included among them were an estimated 500 children who were handed over to families related (or with close ties) to security forces. The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo formed to discover their fate. During th...
In post-colonial populations the retention of the nuclear family concept of collectivism as the basis for decision-making is associated with familial and cultural survival. Collectivism within familial contexts provides intergenerational access to experience, information, resources, and sound dec...
This paper critiques the competing "Grandmother Hypothesis" and "Embodied Capital Theory" as evolutionary explanations of the peculiarities of human life history traits. Instead, I argue that the correct explanation for human life history probably involves elements of both hypotheses: long male d...
With its diverse cultural and linguistic profile, South Africa provides a unique context to explore contextual influences on the process of genetic counseling. Prior research suggests intergenerational differences regarding models of causation which influence treatment-seeking paths. This pilot s...
Australia has high breastfeeding initiation rates however, at 3 and 6 months exclusive breastfeeding rates fall below global recommendations. Research suggests significant others in a woman's life can influence infant feeding decisions and practices but how and why they do so needs investigation....
Using both quantitative and qualitative data, this study investigates the role of ultrasound technology on feelings of attachment and emotions experienced by expectant grandmothers. A total of 109 expectant grandmothers complete the 84-question Web-based survey. A 12-item scale is used to assess ...
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This prospective, intergenerational study (N = 181) considered how parent (G1, Generation 1) and child (G2, Generation 2) relationship quality during adolescence and adulthood is associated with G1's level of involvement with their 3- to 4-year-old grandchildren (G3, Generation 3). Path model ana...
