Grandparenting and Retirement: Re-thinking Roles, Reciprocity, and Responsibility in Milan and Yaoundé
In this article we comparatively explore experiences and notions of retirement in two ethnographic sites of Milan, Italy, and Yaoundé, Cameroon, by paying attention to how grandparenting is perceived and practiced in relation to kinship roles and responsibilities. The paper draws on comparative ins...
Main Authors: | Shireen Walton, Patrick Awondo |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University Library System, University of Pittsburgh
2023-09-01
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Series: | Anthropology & Aging |
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Online Access: | http://anthro-age.pitt.edu/ojs/anthro-age/article/view/419 |
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