SOCIOL 2U06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: A Baby Story, Sentimentality

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Lecture 12: industrialization cont. , readings by cott and margolis. Wanted to be on higher moral ground than aristocracy and lower class: promoted themselves as family men who were only in business to suppor their families. Emergence of the concept of family (nuclear family): Notion of nuclear fam as different and distinct. Idea is that nuc fam is very special relationships: contrasts with preindustrial relationships. Didn"t see big diff btw nuc fam and others living in the home. Now affluent classes who can afford servants don"t see servants as part of the fam as they would have pre-industrial. Separation of private and public: brings idea women and men are physiologically different. Men naturally more suited to be breadwinners. Idea of womanhood changes to cult of true womanhood (this week"s readings: women had to adhere to these standards. Cult of motherhood, cult of domesticity etc: relating to public of men vs. private of women.

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