Italian Family Flashcards
From 1300-1800, there were two main types of family. What were they?
Complex Rural Households and Urban Nuclear Family
What are three characteristics of a complex rural household?
tied to land ownership, the more the merrier, crisis in the 20th century
What are three characteristics of an urban nuclear family?
linked to craft/trade, still the dominant model, began in the Renaissance
baliatico
wet nurse
when did marriage become more about love than mutual interest?
19th century
4 stages of matrimony
acquaintance, courtship, engagement, absence of intimacy
who paid for the wedding?
50/50
who was the daughter-in-law subject to?
mother-in-law
who was the domestic work up to?
wife
when did the radical change in Italian family occur?
1960s/70s
what are 4 radical changes in the Italian family in the 60s/70
reduction in average # of kids, increase in separations, decrease in marriages, increase in kids leaving home
When was divorce introduced in Italy?
1970
What was the law that intoduced divorce called?
Fortuna Bastini
When did the Shared Custody law pass?
2006
What did the shared custody law prevent?
asymmetry between parents, suicide/murder, stalking, child abduction
