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Sociology Class 11 Notes Chapter 3 Understanding Social Institutions
July 26, 2019 by Bhagya
Sociology Class 11 Notes Chapter 3 Understanding Social Institutions
Family:
The word “family” has been taken from the Roman word “familus” meaning “servant”. In Roman law, the word denoted the group of producers and slaves and other servants as well as the members connected by common descent or marriage.
According to Burgess and Locke, “A group of persons united by ties of marriage, blood or adoption constituting a single household, interacting and inter-communicating with each other in their respective social rites of husband and wife, mother and father, son and daughter, brother and sister, creating a common culture.”
Characteristics of a Family
A mating relationship: A family comes into existence when a man and a woman establish a mating relation between them.
A form of marriage: A family requires a home, a householder, for its living. Without a dwelling place the task of child bearing and child rearing cannot be adequately performed.
A system of nomenclature: Every family is known by a name and has its own system of reckoning descent. Descent may be reckoned through the male line or through the female line. Usually the wife goes and joins her husband’s family in a patriarchal system and vice-versa in a matriarchal system.
An economic provision: Every family needs an economic provision to satisfy the economic needs. The head of the family carries on a certain profession and earns money to maintain the family.Thus it can be said that family is a biological unit employing institutionalised sex relationship between husband and wife. It is based on the fact of production and nurture of the child is its important function. It is a universal institution found in every era and in every society.
Functions of Family:
According to Oghbum and Nimkoff, the functions of family can be divided into the following categories:
Affectional functions
Economic functions
Recreational functions
Protective functions
Religious functions
Educational functions
According to Read, the functions of the family are:
Race perpetuation
Socialization
Regulation and satisfaction of the sex needs
Economic function
According to Maciver and Page, the functions of the family can be divided into two categories:
1. Essential functions
2. Non- essential functions
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