SOC 4144 Lecture 5: SOC4144 Lec#5
11 Feb 2017
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No class march 1st instead submit fieldwork assignment on bbl (she will post today: descriptive writing assignment. Beck & beck article: do-it-yourself biography, morality, marriage. Before used to be based on religion, less on individuals. Now based more on the individuals and less than religion. Used to be an institution and now it is a product (wedding = more celebrations instead of ceremony, investment in the wedding = lots of 8516) Risk is now associated with marriage ($, divorce, separation, age of 1st marriage is getting higher because we focus more on ourselves than commitment, etc. ) Marriage used to be an obligation, now we have free-will to. People are going to school longer, putting their careers before marriage = later marriages. The u(cid:374)i(cid:448)ersity does(cid:374)(cid:859)t a(cid:272)(cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)odate fa(cid:373)ily ((cid:449)e ha(cid:448)e our o(cid:449)(cid:374) ti(cid:373)eta(cid:271)les, late classes, single person dorms etc. : society. B&b observe that individuals are trying to figure out these 4 aspects by themselves.
