FNF 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Lgbt Parenting, Signify, Nuclear Family
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21st century family changes: the new politics of family life. What is a family: ***annual census data from stat canada for info*, notion of family has become politicized stru(cid:272)ture of fa(cid:373)il(cid:455), (cid:449)ho"s the fa(cid:373)il(cid:455), (cid:449)hat it means, roles, etc. How family life gets articulated is: political, how people define families are ideological. Ideological: belief systems that form expectations of family life, cultural, backgrounds, communities, background, ethno-cultural how they define what family mean ex. living in close proximity, people are dispersed. Same functioning but players speak to the types of families i. e. contemporary, postmodern, etc. (cid:862)fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) is (cid:272)hara(cid:272)terized (cid:271)(cid:455) t(cid:449)o or (cid:373)ore persons related by birth, Set of responsibilities that family members take on to support themselves and family relations: need socio-emotional ties or why provide. The glue that holds family together ex. divorce and separation i. e. bringing in a salary to provide food, shelter, clothes, etc. Ver(cid:455) idiosyncratic, odd to outsiders but meaningful for members in the family structure.
