London Metropolitan University Research Institutes
 

The International Journal of Cuban Studies

(Online) ISSN 1756-347X

Science and society

Research from different disciplines provides alternative perspectives on the complex intersections between the economy, health, agricultural planning, food security and the Cuban spirit.




No tenemos viandas! Cultural ideas of scarcity and need.

Marisa Wilson explores how Cuban irony in everyday life helps to balance practical self-interest with revolutionary ideals.

This report on multi-disciplinary research into health and nutrition among the Cuban centenarian population of Villa Clara province raises interesting questions about the factors connected with longevity, including gender and ethnicity.

Who are the super survivors? ask Consuelo Prado Martinez, Esmir Camps Calzadilla, Mercedes Gamez Fonseca, Mailin Borroto Castellano and Alberto Fernandez Seco.

Brian Pollitt argues that Cuba's recent economic transformation has not led to greater economic independence, in particular as regards food security.





 

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