Marxists - role of the family
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- Created on: 20-05-14 09:27
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- Marxism
- Zaretsky (1970s)
- analysed family life from a Marxist perspective
- thought that the family could provide fulfillment away from the world of work
- critical of the exploitative nature of the capitalist system
- argued that capitalism needs housewives to reproduce
- and socialise the future workforce
- to bring up children who will do as they are told by those in authority
- explained family roles and relationships in terms of the family being a unit of consumption
- families purchase goods as a unit
- e.g people do not buy a washing machine to share with their neighbout
- families purchase goods as a unit
- EVALUATION
- positive
- in the contemporary uk the family is a unit of consumption
- there are expectations to consume more products on a global economic scale
- in the contemporary uk the family is a unit of consumption
- Negative
- Somerville (2000)
- points out that Zaretsky ignored negative aspects of the family
- e.g. domestic violence
- points out that Zaretsky ignored negative aspects of the family
- Somerville (2000)
- positive
- Zaretsky (1970s)
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