SOC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Parenting, Reliquary, Theism
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Mali(cid:290)o(cid:363)ski poi(cid:290)ted out that (cid:907)fa(cid:289)il(cid:369)(cid:908) is a u(cid:290)i(cid:362)ersal hu(cid:289)a(cid:290) i(cid:290)stitutio(cid:290): e(cid:362)er(cid:369) societ(cid:369) recognizes something that we can label by that name. Proble(cid:289): e(cid:362)er(cid:369) social group has (cid:907)fa(cid:289)il(cid:369)(cid:908) but there is e(cid:290)or(cid:289)ous (cid:362)ariatio(cid:290) i(cid:290) ho(cid:363) the institution is organized. Australia(cid:290) aborigi(cid:290)al groups thought to (cid:290)ot ha(cid:362)e (cid:907)fa(cid:289)il(cid:369)(cid:908) but: Relations tied to feelings of love and care. Endogamy: heavy emphasis marrying within one"s group, ex: within a religious or ethnic group. Exogamy: assumption you can marry across group lines. So no single kind of organization that counts as family. Malinowski says family must meet minimal definitions for each. (cid:907)(cid:290)uclear fa(cid:289)il(cid:369)(cid:908) as core, (cid:363)ith (cid:289)other, father a(cid:290)d t(cid:363)o-ish children. Small, kinship structure group but not necessarily based on biological ties. E(cid:368)te(cid:290)ded (cid:362)ersus (cid:907)(cid:290)uclear(cid:908) fa(cid:289)ilies: decli(cid:290)e of (cid:290)uclear fa(cid:289)il(cid:369) a(cid:290)d rise of other family forms. Historical cha(cid:290)ges i(cid:290) the wester(cid:290) notio(cid:290) of (cid:907)fa(cid:289)il(cid:369)(cid:908) Everyone seems to have the idea that the family is an institution in peril.
