SOCIOL 2U06 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Social Exchange Theory, Eleanor Leacock, Social Inequality
11 Dec 2012
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Chapter 1 luxton, fox conceptualizing family : relationships that bring people together on an ongoing and daily basis to share resources for the sake of caring for children and each other. , people actively create their own families. Chapter 2 felicity edholm the unnatural family : family is not biological but socially constructed, nuclear family is not universal, notion of blood ties is not universal, social definitions is critical in determining sexual relationships that are. Definitions of family and marriage impact social policy and the personal decisions we make about our intimate relationships and families: government uses definitions of family in creating social policy (ie. compassionate care program) Social reproduction: physical needs, emotional support, socialization of children. Families as socially constructed (ie. edholm: parent-child bond, rules around incest, conception) Also covered by baker, chapter 1: extended families, polygamy, arranged marriages, patterns of authority and descent.
