Marxist theories of Family

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  • inheritance of property
    • prior to capitalism there was no family
    • Friedrich Engels
      • Patriarchal monogamous nuclear family
      • monogomy became essential to ensure that you knew who your child was so that they were the heir to your property
  • Ideological functions
    • socialisation of children
    • hierarchy and inequality are inevitable
      • parental power prepares them for working life
  • unit of conssumption
    • media targets children who use pest power
    • advertisers urge families to 'keep up with the jonses'
  • Friedrich Engels
    • Patriarchal monogamous nuclear family
    • monogomy became essential to ensure that you knew who your child was so that they were the heir to your property
  • Eli Zaretsky
    • family performs an ideological function by offering an apparent 'haven' from the harsh exploitative world of capitalism
    • this is largely an illusion
  • Ignores the wide variety of family structures today by focusing on the nuclear family
  • bias focus on class inequality
    • feminists say that this focus on class undermines gender inqualities
  • ignores the positive aspects of family life
    • functionalists say that Marxists ignore the real benefits the family provides for its members

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