HDFS202 Lecture 10: hdfs202 week 4 notes

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HDFS202
• Professor: Sherif- Trask Bahira

Document Summary

Family and kinship: hunters-gatherers: most of human existence, patrilineage: passed down father"s side, matrilineage: passed down mother"s side, extended family. Stem family: keep assets together, passed down to oldest son. Polyandry: woman with many husbands: first families. Community could intervene in family affairs: marital relations, child rearing. Brought along state government, concept of private property, and class system. Large households: nuclear, wealthier people had servants, poorer people sent their children to wealthy households to work. Week of 9/19-9/23: some came to america as indentured servants, many households contained non-relatives. Women were not supposed to be educated. Faded with new migrations (west) and population expansion. Familial mode of production labor market mode of production. Father"s authority undermined by money earning opportunities: adult children"s economic independence promoted individualism. 2013: 14% of population (opposed to 65% white) Contemporary representations are more positive: adaptable, egalitarian, broad middle class. Week of 9/19-9/23: emphasis on extended family, positive role of women.