1) Families Have Changeda) Colonial America: families were businesses, schools, churches, and correctional, health, and welfare institutions.i) African Americans and slaveryb) Industrialized and Urbanized America: separate work and home life; waves of immigrationi) Home becomes a havenii) Women become masters at maintaining the household domainiii) Social stratification: poor, working class, middle, and upper classiv) The Jungle by Upton Sinclair depicts a good picture of these classesc) Modern America – Where we’re at nowi) Economy is based on technology and services2) Family of Orientation – where you came from3) Family of Procreation – the family you builda) Families in the 1950’s – “Leave it to Beaver”i) All White, middle class families are the “perfect” family Nuclear familyii) Father works, mother stays homeb) 1970’s – “The Brady Bunch”i) White, upper middle class, combined family (step family), no mention of exesii) Portrays that divorce is okay; you should make it like a nuclear family; put pressure on people in stepfamiliesc) 1980’s – “The Cosby Family”i) Black family, but still upper class; mom works; opens up the idea of a multigenerational familyii) Difference/shift towards women’s rolesd) 1990’s – “Friends”i) Controversial because men and women lived together in nonmarital arrangementsii) Sent the message that being single for a long time is okayiii) Challenges the definition of a traditional familye) 2000’s – “The Osbourne’s”i) A typically nuclear family, very wealthyii) May be very atypical on the outside, but they really do love each otherf) 2012 – “Modern Family,” “Two and a Half Men,” “Family Guy,” “Teen Mom”i) Diversity in social class, family structure, marital status4) Burgess and Locke were the first to define the family in 1945 – Lots of legal and genetic aspects5) Seccombe (2012): “A relationship by blood, marriage, or affection, in which members may:a) Cooperate economicallyb) Care for childrenc) Consider their identity intimately connected to the larger group6) Types of Families:a) Family of orientation: where you come fromi) Influences family of procreationb) Family of procreation – the family you make; in a constant flux; have more control over thisc) Fictive kin – not actually related to you, but elevated to that level of family7) Functions of Familya) Regulation of sexual behaviorb) Reproducing and socializing childrenc) Property and inheritanced) Economic cooperation and provisione) Social placement, status, and rolesi) Find out who we’re expected to be and our rolesii) Protective role of an older brotherf) Care, warmth, protection, and
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