Sociology 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Single Parent, Child Care, Concerted Cultivation
10 Apr 2020
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Sociology 1020 : week 4 - reading notes. Family forms that can be found throughout human history and across diverse societies and households. An independent household anchored by a husband who concentrates on earning an income, a wife who focuses on child rearing and housekeeping, and their biological children. This is actually very rare and more modern than in the past. Many working class and minority communities viewed this as out of reach and unappealing. Parents choose the spouse of a man/woman. When grandparents, aunts, cousins, etc. all live in same house. Often allowed incestual marriages to keep elite blood in the family. Wife living with husband"s parents and obeying their authority. Both adults in the household work and bring home money. There is only one parent in the house (divorce, separation, widow) Residence patterns and kinship systems contribute to different definitions of family. A group of people who live together in a household and share biological and/or.
