Self-sacrifice or natural donation? A life course perspective on grandmothering in new zagreb (Croatia) and east Berlin (Germany)

In this article we explore grandmaternal care and its interpretations in two European capitals of former socialist countries, Zagreb and Berlin. We describe the scope and variety of grandmaternal care practices both field sites and then contrast two grandmotherly interpretations of their intensive c...

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Main Authors: Tatjana Thelen, Carolin Leutloff-Grandits
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2010-12-01
Series:Horizontes Antropológicos
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-71832010000200018