Family And Household Flashcards
Functionalist perspective on fam
Important sub system a building block of society
Murdock 4 essential functions
Mostly performed by Nulear fam
Stable satisfaction of the sex drive
Reproduction next generation
Socialisation of the young
Meeting member and economic needs
Stable satisfaction of sex drive
Preventing social disruption from sexual free for all
Reproduction of next generation
Society not able to continue
Socialisation of the young
Society shared norms and values
Meeting members and ecenomic needs
Food and shelter
Evaluation of Murdock
Marxist and feminist reject rose tinted view -
Fam meet need of members and society
Fem oppress women’s
Marx need of cap not fam
Parson fit theory
Functions family person based on the society
NF - industrial society - 2 generation
EF - pre industrial- 3 generation
Geographically moblie work force
Pre industrial - same village and work
Modern - move away NF fits best
Socially mobile work force
Conflict with dad and son status in fam son leave start own NF
Loss of functions
Pre industrial was multi functional Society industrialised lose functions
Fam no longer unit of production only consumption
Lead to irreducible functions
Irreducible functions
Primary socialisation of the children - basic skill/values integrate into society
Stabilisation of adult personality- fam is relaxed refresh for work efficiency for economy
Marxist perspective on the family
Conflict WC/MC
Societies functions manintaining inequality/capitalism
Inheritance of property
Mode of production- control society productive forces
Primitive communism - classless society own communly/ no priv prop
Privet property
Productive forces developed wealth increased privet property and nuclear fam
Monogmoy essential for inheritance
World defer of female sex instrument production of kids