Midterm 1 Flashcards
Private family
Deals with intimacy and emotion
- expected to last forever
- pulled resources
Pre revolution (1776)
Family: mini model of society
-expectations of family encompass many social institutions (school, religion, orphans, elderly care, work, etc)
Social standing (pre 1776)
Determined by family (ie. Politics, education)
Individual level (pre 1776)
Private family non existent
- lack of intimacy
- shared rooms
Societal level (pre 1776)
Family behaviors reflect you as individual
- church would make random unannounced visits
- focus on morality
Public family
One or more adults taking care of dependents.
-society benefits from it
Family home economy (pre 1776)
Mode of production
- self sufficient farms
- rear animals, harvest Wool, EVERYTHING produced on farm
- fam works together for survival
Role of father (pre 1776)
Ultimate authority
- wife and children = servants
- controlled everything
Diversity (pre 1776)
- step families or 1 parent families (due to high morality rates)
- self marriages uncommon
Modern American family (1776-1900)
Increasing importance of emotion
- affective individualism takes hold
- concern/desire with self satisfaction
Separate spheres
-labor market emerges
-breadwinner homemaker-
-trading goods and services for wages
seperation of work and home
Home is seen more as a haven
Cult of true womanhood
- women are spiritual guardians
- morally pure before and after marriage
- women are submissive
- domesticity as a “calling”
Irony of cult
Stepping stone for many women’s movements
Father authority (1776-1900)
-less control over their daughters’marital choices
Two spirit people
Behavior/actions of those of opposite sex
