Postmodernism & Family

Question 1

What do postmodernists believe?

Answer 1

There’s a much wider range of living options available these days because of social and cultural changes. There are nuclear families, step families, cohabiting couples, single people flat-sharing, divorced people etc.

Question 2

What does Stacey say?

Answer 2

There’s such a diversity of family types that no one will ever be dominant in western culture again. Western family structures are varied and flexible, meaning a person can move from one family structure to another.

Question 3

What is life course analysis?

Answer 3

Hareven suggests that sociologists should focus on individual family members and the choices they make regarding family arrangements.