SOCY 3016 Lecture 3: Modern marriage family and neoliberal state
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Governingpopulation according toeconomic principles ofpracticality sefficiency focusonthe rationalself familyholdstheburdenofindividual responsibility. Ethnocentric eencourages negativeframingsotherang ofnonconforming famines ie deficient or dysfunctional evaluatingothersevaluatingtheself. Reading the rootlessness ofmodern life we"re notas bondedasweusedtobe. Holster wbrnm familyis asociallyconstructed object wehaveinteractions whereweinterpretthemeaningoffamily familylife is accomplished inthepubliciphopedeprivatized (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) Being accepted helps us feel like we"re more likely to survive. Being recognized strengthens our own self and connecting with our group. Tensions= the fear is that young people do not value marriage, are not marrying, which will cause a breakdown in the institution of the the family. Mark of independence and self suf ciency (cid:12254) (cid:12254) Why a lot oflowincomecouplesdontmarr theywanttobeabletohavethebig wedding thehoneymoonetc somepeoplelookatchildrenastheirmarkofadulthood. Representsbeliefthatmarriage isprivateintimate ysetapartfromcommunity life step towardcommunal withdrawal ep low comm 1 w hd marks a change in community"s access totheindividuals. Signofremovingyourself fromfamily community getting distance time to be financiallydependent communityshould no longerhavesame expectations for couple. Whoweare fwhoweclaim are oftenrooted in ourfamilialaffiliations toobligations whatdoesitmean ifyounevermarry intensifies throughadulthood womenmoralidentity is calledintoquestion.
