SOC 605 Lecture 3: SOC605 - Lecture 3
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Family origin is famulus (servent in latin), familia (servants in household) Latin root of familiar, people who are familiar to you live in your household. Late 15th century the meaning of family transforms and refers to the people in a particular kin group who share a common lineage (blood lineage) or share a common ancestor. Distinct from a family that is extended. Prioritized, distinct kin group, specifically referred to a married opposite sex couple and their children. Saw this as separate and having different values from the extended family (i. e. bragging of children) Nulcear family is the emergence of capitalism. Family is a small version of society, and all the traits of capitalism exists in the family (i. e. competition between nuclear families and the members of the families) Everything about the way the world was and why it was, was all explained through religious discourse same as the family, blood given.
