HIST 3531 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Labour Power, Social Stratification, Sough
26 Nov 2014
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Lecture 2- class, gender & race/ethnicity in canadian history. Middle class- doctors, lawyers, self employed business owners, some farmers. How class works as a dynamic process. Class formation and identity: class distinctions are based on how income is earned (power not income, class structure is dynamic not static, class is a relationship, consciousness of ones class positions is formed through action and awareness. Women were defined by there relationship to male kin. Single women were not regarded as individual. Women were considered dependent upon the male members of the family (male breadwinner) Social experiences is closely circumscribed by gender divisions. Masculine- breadwinner and public life beyond household. Gender is a social identity, not biological category. Race has become a prominent major of identity. All three work together- class, gender and race/ethnicity. Family has historically formed basic social and economic unit. Family strategies vary according to stage in the life cycle (age of parents, age and number of children)
