SMF101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Private Sphere, Endogamy, Exogamy
29 Dec 2017
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Smf 101 topic #2: the creation of the middle class family ideal. Family today in crises = relation to changes in the family, people"s assumptions in the family. Rates of marital breakdown, discussion of polyamorous relationships, who can be legally married. Idea of nuclear family w/ assumed gender roles (always existed, somehow a natural family structure) Ideal nuclear family husband + wife + children sharing same household + cooperating economically. Most definitions of family focus on structure of households one or two parents, legal relationship, technical. Most of what we talk about is transnational, global relation aspects of family. Idea of separate races tied to biology. Racial purity become imp to maintain health of the nation (children can be traced) Wide changes in economy + society due to urbanization + industrialization. Profound impact on family rarely connect them altogether though. Family is the basis for economic life.
