SOCIOL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Forced Disappearance, Coparenting, African Americans
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Week (cid:1005)(cid:1004): (cid:862)the e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) of a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) fa(cid:373)ilies(cid:863) (cid:271)(cid:455) tepha(cid:374)ie coo(cid:374)tz: three different family systems. Larger kinship group from which they derived their claims to privilege and property. Common residence under the authority of a household rather than blood- relatedness- included boarders and servants as family members. Africans brought as captives by the europeans. Child-centered family systems, adoptive and fictive kin ties, ritual co-parenting or godparenting, complex naming patterns designed to maintain or recreate extended kin. Refers to immigrants in different ways indian/native american families. Owe loyalties to- each other, their kin. Back then (1600-1700)- relationships were different, ceremonies were different. Family oriented in kids instead of couples, protect kids from fluctuation in family structure. Causes a lot of clashes between different family styles. Family depends much on economic production although we see family as an independent unit of reproduction in society. As economic structure changes, family structure changes.
