Sociology 2235 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Nuclear Family, Nanny, Labour Power
20 Jan 2021
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Chapter 14 family coping strategies: balancing paid employment and domestic. Since early 20th century, cad families $ living paid work + unpaid domestic work. To ensure $, 1+ family members sell their labour power in exchange for a salary. In consumer market, salary + unpaid labour used to obtain + produce goods/services that make up a means of subsistence for self/family. Daily means of subsistence produced prepared + consumed; including capacity to work again: = labour of social reproduction, which = means of survival for self/society. The family economy imposes conflicting demands on those who"s lives depend on it. bills can"t be paid, but if nanny is hired, that takes half the parents pay. Organization of these two labour processes = demands of one at odds with other. Changing patterns of paid employment family + conventional divisions of labour based on gender + age. Movement) reflect interest in paid work: protection against vulnerability of ending marriages in which males $
