Classic Perspectives On Tbe Role Of Family

Question 1

Murdock

Answer 1

NF family is the universal family in society

Question 2

Parsons

Answer 2

2 basic functions of primary specialisations and stabilisation of adult personalities

Question 3

Young & wilmott

Answer 3

3 stages of adaptation:

Stage 1- being the preindustrial family which was a unit of production

Stage 2- extended family which survived in working class areas such as Bethnal Green

Stage 3- nuclear, symmetrical family dominant in the second half of the 20th century

Question 4

Engels

Answer 4

Families are exploited by the bourgeoisie

Question 5

Zaretsky

Answer 5

Family in modern capitalist society creates the illusion that private life of the family is separate from the economy

Question 6

Hochschild

Answer 6

Hochshild argue that in capitalism, every aspect of social life is commodified- turned into something that can be bought and sold

Question 7

Ansley

Answer 7

Women offer emotional support to the men who are alienated and exploited by capitalism pass on frustration to wife and violence

Question 8

Somerville

Answer 8

Classical Marxists exaggerate the importance of the family as a refuge from life in capitalist society