Diversity in Families, 10e PDF

Diversity in Families, 10e Maxine Baca Zinn D. Stanley Eitzen Barbara Wells Chapter 1 Images, Ideals, and Myths © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All r...

Diversity in Families, 10e Maxine Baca Zinn D. Stanley Eitzen Barbara Wells Chapter 1 Images, Ideals, and Myths © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  CHAPTER 1 Images, Ideals, and Myths © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  Learning Objectives 1.1 Discuss the images and ideals related to families 1.2 Discuss images and reality of families 1.3 State the myths about families of the past and present 1.4 Define the new framework for understanding the diverse and changing term “family” © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  Introduction: Images, Ideals, and Myths © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  Introduction: Images, Ideals, and Myths – Global changes to the family – Family as a cultural symbol – Mystification of the family – Sacredness and secrecy – Gap between reality and ideal © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.1 Images and Ideals Objective 1.1 – Discuss the images and ideals related to families © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.1 Images and Ideals (1 of 2) Family as Haven – Image of refuge – Glorification of private life Family as Fulfillment – Family as compensatory – Haven of meaningful experiences © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.1 Images and Ideals (2 of 2) Family as Encumbrance – New anti-image of the family © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.2 Images and Reality Objective 1.3 – Discuss images and reality of family © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.2 Images and Reality Common images vs. reality – Family and society are polarized – Standard North American Family (SNAF) – “Information” society © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.2 Images and Reality © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  The Mythical U.S. Family Objective 1.3 – State the myths about U.S. families past and present © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.3 The Mythical U.S. Family (1 of 4) The Myth of a Stable and Harmonious Family of the Past – Flawed belief of happier families – Golden age of families has never existed The Myth of Separate Worlds – Distinction of private vs. public realms – False dichotomy – Family Darwinism – Families intertwined in society © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.3 The Mythical U.S. Family (2 of 4) The Myth of the Monolithic Family Form – Ozzie and Harriet – Three distinct features – Contemporary family types – Family vs. households – Causes of change © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  Figure 1.3 Households by Type: 1990, 2000, 2010 Can you please insert chart from page 13? © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.3 The Mythical U.S. Family (3 of 4) The Myth of a Unified Family Experience – Assumption of a common experience – Realities The Myth of Family Consensus – Assumption of consensual relations – Reality © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.3 The Mythical U.S. Family (4 of 4) The Myth of Family Decline as the Cause of Social Problems – Assumption of the “breakdown of the family” – Flawed reasoning – Overstated benefits of two-parent families – True threat to families © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  A New Framework for Understanding Families Objective 1.5 – Define the framework for understanding the diverse and changing term “family” © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.4 A New Framework for Understanding Families (1 of 3) The Sociological Perspective – Two sociological principles The Paradigm Shift in Family Studies – Old paradigm – New paradigm © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.4 A New Framework for Understanding Families (2 of 3) The Structural Diversity Approach – Framework – Families are socially constructed and historically changing. – Family diversity is produced by the same structures that organize society as a whole. – Families are embedded in and shaped by intersecting systems of class, race, and gender. © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.  1.4 A New Framework for Understanding Families (3 of 3) The Structural Diversity Approach (cont.) – Family diversity is constructed through social structure as well as the actions of family members. – Understanding families means challenging monolithic ideas that conceive of the family in idealistic ways. © 2016 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.