SE 12-14 Flashcards
- many family forms that we associate with contemporary times have existed in Canada for hundreds of years
e. g., l__e-parent families, b______d households
e.g., lone-parent families, blended households
- beginning in 1960s, the ‘ordinary’ family began to be studied with focus on lived experience
e. g., based on r__e, class, g____r
e.g., based on race, class, gender
-families have been and continue to be important to
individual, social and national i________s
individual, social and national identities
Families as Historical Actors
-family variations distinguished by race, culture and
ethnicity
e.g., immigrant families, Catholic families in Quebec, Inuit families
-families are not only p_____e recipients of changing ideas and practices, but are also historical a____s
not only passive recipients of changing ideas and practices, but are also historical actors
-the e_______l elements of family are as important to the individual and to society as the socio-e______c and
cultural functions
-the emotional elements of family
the socio-economic and cultural functions
-the ‘ideal family’ is s______y constructed to meet needs and objectives of given historical periods
socially constructed to meet needs and objectives of given historical periods
-the endurance of the p_________l, h____osexual male- breadwinner family of white E__o-Canadian middle-class -even though most Canadian families do not resemble this model
-the endurance of the patriarchal, heterosexual male-
breadwinner family of white Euro-Canadian middle-class
-even though most Canadian families do not resemble this model
-the centrality of families of early times derives from
their vital functions:
-r_______tion
-p_____tion
-the centrality of families of early times derives from
their vital functions:
-reproduction
-production
-the centrality of families of early times derives from their vital functions: -reproduction -production -s\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ion -m\_\_\_\_\_\_ance -r\_\_\_\_\_tion
-the centrality of families of early times derives from their vital functions: -socialization -maintenance -regulation
-Aboriginal families in pre-contact times were the basis
of the community, but functioned c___________y for
political, economic and spiritual purpose
functioned collectively for
political, economic and spiritual purpose
-The European colonists’ families were organized in
e______d family type but moved toward n_____r family type owing to the availability of cheap l__d
extended family type but moved toward nuclear family
availability of cheap land
-The family was extremely important in earlier society
owing to the absence of external r________s and
p______g
-The family was extremely important in earlier society
owing to the absence of external regulations and
policing
Survival depended on family:
- every family member was expected to w__k
- m_____e was economically necessary
Survival depended on family:
expected to work
-marriage was economically necessary
Survival depended on family:
- childlessness was a b____n
- adoption was c____nplace
Survival depended on family:
- childlessness was a burden
- adoption was commonplace
Industrialization
- 1850s Canada; central to the modernization process
- production moves from r___l family-farm to u___n factories
- survival focus replaced with l_______e focus
Industrialization
- rural family-farm to urban factories
- survival focus replaced with lifestyle focus
Industrialization
- Men: wage-l____r, business, p______s
- Women: c__e-giving, domestic realm, child-r____g
Industrialization
- Men: wage-labour, business, politics
- Women: care-giving, domestic realm, child-rearing
—Families from Confederation - 1925
West expansion and increased s________t
-new, cheap land, i_________n & chain migration
-mandatory schooling began in Ontario in 1871
—Families from Confederation - 1925
expansion and increased settlement
-new, cheap land, immigration & chain migration
-mandatory schooling began in Ontario in 1871
-high rates of i____t and m______l mortality, orphanhood
and widowhood
-experienced disproportionately by the p__r
-high rates of infant and maternal mortality, orphanhood
and widowhood
-experienced disproportionately by the poor
-10-15% (145-97/1,000) of all children born live would die in infancy
-0.5% (5-5/1,000) maternal mortality rate
Confederation to 1925 :
Poor Family Interventions
Social Gospel Movement
-P________t middle-class movement aimed at alleviating many societal ills including: p_____y, a________m, infant mortality, prostitution, child labour and ‘racial d________n’
-informed by m______l feminism
Confederation to 1925 :
Poor Family Interventions
Social Gospel Movement
-Protestant middle-class movement aimed at alleviating
many societal ills including: poverty, alcoholism, infant
mortality, prostitution, child labour and ‘racial
degeneration’
-informed by maternal_feminism