SOCI 3660 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Filial Piety, Social Capital
22 Apr 2017
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Caregiving in families is not just directed towards young children or the elderly, though that is the majority. It is also performed intergenerationally: caregiving takes place amongst individuals within the generation (sibling-sibling) and intra-generationally. Caregiving relations are informed by gender, race/ethnicity, culture, class, and different levels of intersecting factors. Some families have strong cultural norms attached to families for caregiving. Perceptions on caregiving from the perspective of south asian and chinese families: these particular participants mentioned that there was a strong emphasis on family loyalty and filial piety. Surveillance: internal surveillance, in which caregivers are monitored within the family by their family members or the family members of those being cared for. External surveillance: community members and those external to the family dynamic. They perceived caregiving to be a role as central to their identity. This is in contrast to euro-canadian approaches that are based on institutional intervention: long-term care homes.
