"essay revision"

Question 1

what is unit of consumption?

Answer 1

ZARETSKY:
where families (as consumers) uphold the capitalist superstructure
- families are encouraged to constantly purchase the latest products and services to appear ‘fashionable’ and show off their ‘high’ status to others.
– advertisement and pester power of children is utilized to get families to spend mire money

Question 2

what are idealogical functions?

Answer 2

ZARETSK:
- where working class children aresocialisedto accept and embody norms and values that uphold capitalism

Question 3

what are children taught in terms of idealogical fucntions?

Answer 3

• how to respect and conform toauthority; thorugh norms and values herarchy is inevitable and there will always be someone ‘in charge’.
• that inequality between social classes is normal

Question 4

what is emotional labour?

Answer 4

where women are expected to stabilise the emotions of the rest of the family through support and comfort, while being unnrecognised for it

Question 5

what is inheritance of property?

Answer 5

ENGELS:
- where the emergence and rise of capitalism has led to men using marriage to pass down their property and assets to the next generation (children)