HIST 1080 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cultural Hegemony, Ruling Class, Social Control
3 Dec 2015
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Ruling class dominates society through cultural means; their values & norms are presented as benefiting everyone, so what benefits the elites seems natural". Difference and sameness in children"s live (gender, class) Separation of home" and word": the ride of the middle class, circa 1750-1800. Ideal home= less focused on economic production (making of cloth, candles, food etc. ) Home is no longer seen as a locus of work. Home and work are separate home sweet home . Drop in births to white women in usa. Parents are becoming more affluent, decide to have less children. Change in economy: children are not needed for work, parents cannot support large families, new cultural ideal. Most people work, play and sleep at home. Children make goods to barter & sell for cash (but don"t keep their wages) Girls would learn to spin wool at the age of 10. Began working life at 11, heading cows etc. roles shaped by gender.
