what is a family
intimate group in which 2 or more people live together in a committed relationship care for one another and any children share close emotional ties
what is kinship?
connections among individuals
marriage
socially and legally approved union between 2 individuals. sexual relationship is approved
nuclear family
a mother and father with children, adopted or biological
extended family
close relatives that live either with the nuclear family or are in close continuous relationship with them
families or orientation
the family into which an individual is born
families of procreation
family into which an individual enters as an adult and a new generation is brought up
matrilocal family
family where the husband is expected to live near the wives parents
patrilocal family
where the wife is supposed to live near the husbands parents
monogamy
single spouse marriage
polygamy
multiple spouses of any sex, both genders
polygyny
one man with multiple wives q
polyandry
one woman with multiple husbands
estranged
when the relationship is distant unfriendly or alienated
fictive kin
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Talcott Parsons and Functionalist theory of Family
Functionalist. Says family has two main functions of primary socialization and personality stabilization. Family perform essential functions - procreation, socialization, economic security. Family contributes to societies basic needs and perpetuates socia
primary socialization
children learn the cultural norms of society
personality stabilization
the family assists adult family members and perpetuates social order
Symbolic Interactionist theory of family
People create meanings of families and the roles of its members. Exchange theory and trading assets
Exchange theory
people seek to minimize costs and maximize rewards in their relationship
trading assets
trading money for sex. Rich old guy hot young wife.
Conflict theory of family
families are sources of inequality, families perpetuate stratification
Feminist theory of families
focuses on role of women in the family and the unequal treatment. domestic division of labor. certain family members benefit more than others. emotion work
domestic division of labor
the way in which tasks are allocated in the household are unequal
emotion work
women tend to shoulder the burden for the caring activities of the household
skip-generation
type of household where the parents are not present
Four conditions of changing families
spread of western culture, advocation of smaller families, large scale migration from rural to urban
why women have children out of wedlock (Edin and Kefalas)
confidence that they can do it. higher value on children and the fact that it brings order to their chaotic life
stepfamily
a family in which at least one partner has children from a previous marriage
Cohabitation
two people living together in a sexual relationship of some permanence without being married to each other
Lawrence Stone
three phases to the changing family.
Phase 1
nuclear family. 1500s-1600s. importance of parents relatives and community. arranged marriages. sex only to reproduce. not about romance or love
phase 2
transitional family (1600s-1700s). protestant reformation changes idea of the family. nuclear family is more separate. martial and parental love. patriarchy
phase 3
modern family. family as a group is tied by close emotional bonds domestic privacy. child rearing. affective individualism
affective individualism
marriage ties based on personal selection, sexual attraction or love