SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Social History, Feminist Theory, Marxist Feminism
2 Dec 2014
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Families: bridges of madison county, affair, decides to stay instead of leaving with clint eastwood, says she has to sacrifice her personal intentions for her family. Key issues: definitions of families and marriage and implications, application of 4 sociological paradigms, social history of families, contemporary trends, social policy. Have now extended family definition as long as case is made, even friends. Definitions and social policy: policies that assume financial support (i. e. filial responsibility laws, policies can deter relationship formation, defining marriage. Women says doesn"t want man because doesn"t want to lose government benefits: policies also affect marriage. Sociological perspective: families are socially constructed and change over time and place. Inclusive definitions emphasizing social reproduction (caring work involved in taking care of a family: mental work, emotional work, physical work, etc. ) Impact of industrialization: families were no longer units of production, rather units of consumption: pre-industrialization: families = units of production (everything was made by the families.
