Chapter 3 Flashcards
Myth of the Universal Family
- No single type of marriage or family
- Widespread diversity
- Life course perspective- families live in a particular time and place
4 Types of Marriage
- Monogamy
- Polygyny
- Polyandry
- Group Marriage
Monogamy
Two spouses
Serial monogamy
having more than one sexual partner in sequence
Polygamy
More than two spouses
Polygyny
one man, multiple wives
polyandry
one woman, multiple husbands
Group marriage
two or more men married to two or more women
Patriarchy
men have power and authority
*manifested in social institutions
Matriarchy
women have power and authority
Egalitarian
power and authority equally present in men and women
Bilateral pattern
descent traced through female and male sides
patrilineal pattern
lineage trace through man’s family line
matrilineal pattern
lineage traced through woman’s family line
Neolocal
Newly married couples live separately from parents
Patrilocal
Couple lives with husband’s family
Matrilocal
Couple lives with wife’s family
Extended/Joint family living
Multigenerational households
Unifying themes of Family
- Source of procreation
- Primary agents of socialization
- Provides status to members
Dr. Steven Ruggles (2015 speech)
Argues that marital changes are the basis of everything. It changes gender relations wages and work
Astronaut families
Parent leaves to another country to make money away from the home
Satellite kids
Families from a less affluent country moves to a more affluent country, but the family decides to move back. The kid remains, usually for school/work without their parents
Living Apart Together (LAT)
People committed to the relationship decides to not live in the same place. Often occurs with dual workers.
Globalization
Economic and other market activity on a world scale
- Expansion of capitalism worldwide
- Expansion of telecommunication and technology
- Growth of multinational corporations
Micro transnationalism
Social dynamic of people crossing borders
Transnational migration
Often for providing care-global care chain
Family based economy
Family members relied heavily on one another to keep the household running and homes were both places of residence and places of work as settlers produced most of their goods and services in their own homes
hegemonic social groups
states, interests and ideologies collide with counter-hegemonic or subordinate social groups
Population aging
the demographic transition, in which mortality and then fertility decline from higher to lower levels
Transnationalism
focus on the microsocial dynamics of human actors crossing and straddling economic and cultural regions as well as state boundaries
Freegans
avoid buying certain products and engage in such activities as urban foraging or dumpster diving
