SOCIA 123F: Family, social change and womens roles
1. Introduction Why study the family? Assumptions about the family Different level of analysis Parameters in understanding family: form si!e fun"tion internal relationship and e#ternal "onne"tion 2. e!ining !amily and the "ro#lem with di$ersities Problem $ith defining family and diversities in family %o$ards a more in"lusive definition &ther related terms: relative ' (inship %$o basi" family prototypes 3. %heoretical "ers"ecti$es %he stru"tural fun"tionalist perspe"tive and its "riti"s )ar#ist perspe"tive and its "riti*ues +eminist perspe"tive &. 'ong (ong !amily and womens roles ,ome basi" statisti"s about: family form and si!e age of first marriage ,tatisti"s "on"erning $omen-s roles: live birth rates and fertility rates Labour parti"ipation by se# Labour parti"ipation rates by se# and age Women-s role in the family .ne*uality $ithin the family? /ong 0ong family in de"line? Divor"e and marriage +amily 1iolen"e &b2e"tives: Dis"uss the prevalen"e of family3 4#amine the problem $ith its "onventional definition and the diversities in family in modern so"iety3 &utline t$o family prototype3 ,tudy three ma2or so"iologi"al perspe"tives and the $ay they understand family Dis"uss the strengths and $ea(nesses of the perspe"tives Appre"iate the of impa"t of so"ial "hange su"h as industriali!ation on family espe"ially in terms of "hanges in the stru"ture and relationship bet$een the t$o se#es3 )a*or +eadings: %e#tboo( 5hapter 8 pp3 678 9 2083 /aralambos and /olborn Sociology: Themes and Perspectives :seventh edition; 5ollins 6 Prepared by Garland Liu in 2008 %he family < a fun"tionalist perspe"tive :pp3 =>2<=>=; )ar#ist perspe"tives on the family :pp3 =>=<=>8; 0en ?ro$ne :2002; Introducing Sociology: For AS level Polity 5hapter 2: +amilies and /ouseholds 2><883 ,teve %aylor :ed3; Sociology: Issues and Debates )a")illan 67773 5hapter 8: ,tevi @a"(son +amilies /ouseholds and Domesti" Life 688<6A7 Allan G3 @ohnson under the general editorship of Bobert 03 )erton The Forest for the Trees: An Introduction to Sociological Thinking /ar"ourt ?ra"e @ovanovi"h 5ollege Publishers 67763 +amily and 4"onomy: /o$ ,ystems Affe"t 4a"h &ther >><>73 Arlene ,3 ,(olni"( and @erome /3 ,(olni"( Family in Transition 6=th edition Pearson 200A .ntrodu"tion: +amilies Past and Present 6=<883 Beading 2A: Arlie /o"hs"hild $ith Anne )a"hung %he ,e"ond ,hift: Wor(ing Parents and the Bevolution at /ome C=C<C803 Giddens- boo( 5hapter A is largely relevant and you $ill "ome a"ross some information $ith regard to ?ritish family $hi"h . did not mention in the le"ture3 Any$ay it $ould be useful for you to (no$ something about family in another so"iety3 As far as the /0 data is "on"erned . only identify a 5hapter on family in a 5hinese boo(3 .f you $ant to read more please turn to your tutor for this 5hinese arti"le3 Dg 53 /3 200C3 E+amily- in /ong 0ong Women-s +ile 200C edition /ong 0ong: Asso"iation for the Advan"ement of +eminism3 :in 5hinese; : ,2--3 . 200C pp3>7<78 +e!erence: ?a(er / D B :67A7; Chinese Family and inship! De$ For(: 5olumbia Gniversity Press +ei H % :6772; From the Soil: The Foundation of Chinese Society! ?er(eley: Gniversity of 5alifornia Press 5hoi P3 03 and Lee 5hing<($an3 677A3 E%he /idden Abode of Domesti" Labour: %he "ase of /ong 0ong- in "ngendering #ong ong society: A gender Perspective of $omen%s status by 5heung +anny )3 :ed3; /ong 0ong: %he 5hinese Gniversity Press 5hoi3 P3 03 :ed3; 67783 "very &ight at #alf'Past Si( ) $orking Daughters Attending "vening Schools in *+,-s3 /ong 0ong: ,tep +or$ard3 :.n 5hinese; 5hu Wai<"hi :677A; EWho is doing $hat? %he impli"ation behind house$or( sharing- in Lau ,0 Lee )0 :et al3; :eds3; Indicators of Social Development: #ong ong 2 Prepared by Garland Liu in 2008 *++.! /ong 0ong .nstitute of Asia<Pa"ifi" ,tudies: %he 5hinese Gniversity Press 20C < 2C23 5hu Wai<"hi and 5han W ,3 20023 E+amily: a lo"al perspe"tive- in /ur Place! /ur Time: a ne0 introduction to #ong ong society by %se %homas :ed3; pp3 >7<60= /ong 0ong: &#ford Gniversity Press :in 5hinese;3 Giddens A3 :$ith the assistan"e of 0aren ?irdsall; :2006;3 Sociology1 = th edition 5ambridge: Polity Press3 Giddens A3 :editor; :2006;3 Sociology: Introductory 2eadings3 Bevised edition 5ambridge: Polity Press3 +rom readings 2C to 2> Gubbay @3 ' )iddleton 53 :?ritish editors; ?allard 53 :Ameri"an editor; :677A;3 The Student%s Companion to Sociology! 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