David Morgan
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- Created on: 05-05-13 15:29
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- David Morgan: Family Practices
- Argues that family diversity has increased because of society becoming more fragmented
- Fragmentation = the disintegration of norms regulating behaviour, thought, and social relationships
- Uses the concepts of family practices to describe how we create our sense of 'being a family member' through actions such as feeding children or doing DIY
- Sees family as 'what people do' rather than as a concrete 'thing' or structure
- Argues that things like family relationships, and other forms of relationship have become less clear-cut and boundaries between them blurred because today's society is more fragmented
- EVALUATION
- STRUCTURALISTS - argue that although life courses and family practices are the actions of individuals
- They take play in the context of the wider social structure and norms
- For example, gender norms and differences in job opportunities in wider society may dictate that males will be the major income earners + women homemakers.
- This will influence individuals' expectations of each other within the family
- For example, gender norms and differences in job opportunities in wider society may dictate that males will be the major income earners + women homemakers.
- They take play in the context of the wider social structure and norms
- STRUCTURALISTS - argue that although life courses and family practices are the actions of individuals
- Argues that family diversity has increased because of society becoming more fragmented
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