SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Viviana Zelizer
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Such economic arguments have been criticized for being too deterministic. Doesn"t recognize diversity of families in all economic systems. Doesn"t recognize the non-economic determinants of family. Our reading for today consider how industrialization affected the family how it created particular statuses with particular roles. Look at how capitalism helped create children and motherhood . Biology: shapes the form of contemporary families. Commonly consist of couple with biological offspring. Motherhood, fatherhood, childhood: despite biological basis, great variation over time and place. Roles that depend on the particular culture. Social construction: many sociologists go so far as to claim that motherhood, fatherhood, and childhood are social constructs. Our reading for today takes this view. Zelizer provides evidence that an idea of childhood was constructed at the same time as motherhood. Prior to the mid-19th century, children in w. europe and n. america were thought of as little adults.
