SMF101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Governmentality, Separate Spheres, Nuclear Family
31 Jan 2018
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It reflects wider system of change in society. Emergence of vital statistics: knowledge/power are inseparable. Creating docile bodies: gentle forms of discipline; meticulous control of the body. All these institutions helps with control and reform of the body. What has brought us here: all of american history, he argues is based on systematic black americans; black men, race is the child of racism not the father, particular type of ideology that framed the family. Industrialization and urbanization: shifts in economy, different ideology being formed. Separate spheres (opposites: public (male, violent, private (female, pure, non-violent. Ideology: the ideas that we hold to be true. A system of representations at the heart of a given society: culture is the vehicle in a given society, marriage takes on an important place: described as the great civilizer. You become an adult through marriage: new responsibilities, marriage becomes the economic and social bedrock of society, wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) should (cid:271)e (cid:862)respe(cid:272)ta(cid:271)le(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:271)e (cid:448)irgi(cid:374)s.
