Late modern perspectives on the family
The pure relationship and the negotiated family become the new family norms. Choice but within structure.
Families and Households, Postmodernism and Late Modernsim
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Feminist Perspectives on the Family
A summary of liberal, marxist and radical feminist views on the traditional nuclear family
Families and Households, Marxism
The Marxist Perspective on The Family
Engels believed the nuclear family emerged with capitalism and private property, contemporary Marxists argue the family performs ideological functions.
The Functionalist Perspective on the Family
Functionalists focus on the positive functions of the nuclear family, such as secondary socialisation and the stabilisation of adult personalities.