Abstract

AGUILAR PEREZ, Mirza  and  TOLEDO GONZALEZ, Mónica Patricia. Unpaid care and aging: an analysis of the domestic arrangements and social reproduction in Tlaxcala. Tla-melaua [online]. 2019, vol.13, n.46, pp.170-189.  Epub Oct 02, 2020. ISSN 2594-0716.  https://doi.org/10.32399/rtla.0.46.508.

In central and southern Mexico, specifically in regions with a strong indigenous population, there is a cultural model of domestic organization that has been called the Mesoamerican family system. Among other characteristics, this system allows the social reproduction of families and communities. It has among other representations, a male figure known as the xocoyote.

The persistence of the xocoyote in diverse communities of the central highlands opens questions about the past, the present and the future of the social organization of care in Mexico and in particular about gender inequalities in the care of people of old age. This research will see into this traditional organization of unpaid care in two communities of Tlaxcala: San Miguel Contla and San Cosme Xaloztoc.

The objective of this article is to analyze the relationship between feminization and familiarization of care, population aging and family customs and practices within this family system in the two communities. This investigation is of a qualitative nature; direct observation fourteen interviews were conducted in the mention towns.

Keywords : Unpaid care; old age; family; xocoyote; social reproduction.

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