ISS 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-6: Black Market, Contingent Work, Industrial Revolution
26 Apr 2017
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It is the most private of all society"s institutions. It is in the family that we find the opportunity for authentic personal life: at least three distinct images of the family have emerged, the family as haven, the family as fulfillment, the family as encumbrance. Individuals can turn to their family lives for personal fulfillment: the image of family life today is one of intimacy: spouses, lovers, and even. Family as encumbrance human development: this view calls for freedom from domestic relationships, spice and space are the qualities for which we yearn. In this anti-image, the family severely limits our access to either one. Families that are not self-sufficient are judged inadequate of the family: families have never been perfect. The myth of family consensus: the idealized picture of family life is flawed in still another way. A new framework for understanding families care and nurturance they provide: sociology focuses on how families are related to other social institutions and.
