ENGCOMP 3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Stephanie Coontz, Cellophane, Gary Soto
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Families existed way back in history: families are the original cultural institution. In the u. s. , families drastically changed: same-sex marriage/marriage equality. Traditional nuclear family: dad, mom, kids, dog, home o. American family heralded a new era in human relations (18) 9 year old mexican american boy: wants his family to be perfect like the ones on tv. Opens in july, killing ants on sink: drank kool-aid. We all gleamed like cellophane from the sweat. The boy decided to become wealthy, and right away! : looked for work, wanted to rake leaves, but the woman had him buy coke. The boy wanted to improve the way [they] looked so they might get along better in life. They might not hate us so much o. What we really miss about the 1950s - stephanie coontz. Coontz shows what was really going on: suggests that our nostalgia for the 1950s could mislead us.
