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Mind Map by Kirsty White, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Kirsty White
almost 10 years ago
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Postmoderism and Family Diversity
- Weeks
- Argues society value diversity & choice
- E.G the legal recognition of same-sex couples
through The Civil Partnership Act of 2004
- E.G the legal recognition of same-sex couples
through The Civil Partnership Act of 2004
- Argues society value diversity & choice
- Argue family life is characterised
by diversity - there's no longer any
consensus about norms and
values.
- We live in a culture
were we can 'pick &
mix' our identities
and our family life.
- Gender roles no longer fixed & relationships
within the family reflect this change - E.G crisis
in masculinity has resulted in men redefining
their sexuality & family commitment.
- Gender roles no longer fixed & relationships
within the family reflect this change - E.G crisis
in masculinity has resulted in men redefining
their sexuality & family commitment.
- We live in a culture
were we can 'pick &
mix' our identities
and our family life.
- Pakulski & Water (1996)
- Believe contemporary family roles
are now a matter of choice.
- Believe contemporary family roles
are now a matter of choice.
- Stacey (1996)
- Looks @ family from postmodern perspective -
sees no generally agreed norms & values directing
the shape of life.
- She welcomes the diversity, believing
that it may bring more equal &
democratic relationships.
- She welcomes the diversity, believing
that it may bring more equal &
democratic relationships.
- Looks @ family from postmodern perspective -
sees no generally agreed norms & values directing
the shape of life.
- Evaluation
- Stacey's research not representative - conducted
in Sillicon Valley in California.
- BUT, she may have identified a trend
which is speading to wider society
- BUT, she may have identified a trend
which is speading to wider society
- Stacey's research not representative - conducted
in Sillicon Valley in California.
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