古巴通訊（186）加拿大學者新作，研究古巴不同世代女性； 以及，台灣古巴旅行（團）

「台灣古巴後援會籌備中」，第186期通訊，2009年5月21日。

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一，又有台灣古巴旅遊（團）的古巴寫作，從2009.4.17-5.20似乎至少已經寫七篇，圖文並茂，無法轉貼，意者請看：http://sultahan.pixnet.net/blog/post/27286864

二，這篇文章發表在Sociological Inquiry, Vol. 79, No. 2, May 2009, 163–189

需要該文全文的朋友，歡迎來函後援會索取電子檔，謝謝。

題名：Shared Memories, Common Vision: Generations, Sociopolitical Consciousness and Resistance among Cuban Women*

作者從2003-2007年間，研究古巴不同世代的女性，以三種方式徵集資料：

(一)、是徵求志工在其barrio鄰里發放結構式問卷（包括「過去五十年最重要的歷史事件為何」），完成551份（18-84歲）；

(二)、在前述過程，詢問填達者是否願意進一步參加焦點訪談（18-34歲 34人，35-54歲 27人，55歲以上31人）；

(三)、另對22位女性進行每人1-2小時的非結構式訪談（18-34, 9人，35-54  6人，55以上7人）全文第一段：

Much has been written about modern Cuba’s problems, but little about what it

means to be part of a society that believes in “the Revolution” and the possibility of a

new order. The challenge is not only to understand why some Cubans do not believe but to also recognize the commitment of those who do. Based on how they identify key events in Cuban history, we focus on two distinct generations of Cuban women: an older“Revolution” generation and a younger “Special Period” generation.

Analyzing transcripts from in-depth focus group conversations and face-to-face interviews, we argue that depending on their historical location, Cuban women differ both within and between generations in terms of their sociopolitical world views, especially in how they conceptualize their place in the Revolution and in their strategies of resistance throughout Cuba’s current economic crisis, a period known by Cubans as the Special Period.

Their words describe in detail what their beliefs mean to them, and how they live them.