SOCI 200 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Canada, Nuclear Family, Postmodernism
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What is family: family forms are diverse, families change in form, throughout history, from society to society, within societies, there is (cid:374)o (cid:862)traditio(cid:374)al(cid:863) fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) Defining the family: george murdock"s 3 relationships, this benchmark definition stipulates, co-residence, economic cooperation, reproduction, murdock"s defi(cid:374)itio(cid:374) e(cid:454)cludes (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) fa(cid:373)ilies, live together, sexual activity leading to reproduction, sexually approved relationship, normativity. Includes a wider variety of families: excludes others. Increasingly supported by canadian law, policy and public opinion: what are things you are looking for in a family, honesty, economic and financial support, love, cooperation, trust, shared time. Thinking about family diversity: family change, the life course approach studies family over time looking at how social and interpersonal dynamics change throughout lifetime, family member perspectives. Individual members have differing experiences and perspectives e. g. children v. father: family difference, social groups have differing experiences and perspectives, studying families overtime.
