Course:SOCI415A-102

Theories of Family and Kinship
SOCI 415
Section:	102
Instructor:	Sinikka Elliott
Email:	sinikka.elliott@ubc.ca
Office:	ANSO 3108
Office Hours:	Wed. 2-4 pm and by appointment
Class Schedule:
Classroom:	ANSO 1109
Important Course Pages
	Syllabus
	Lecture Notes
	Assignments
	Course Discussion

Course Theories

Structuralist/Modernization Theories

Materialist/Marxism

Structural Functionalism

Poststructuralist/Postmodernism

Queer Theory

Intersectionality

Conflict Theory

Institutionalist Theory

Deinstitutionlization Theory

Social Exchange theory/Bargaining Theory (Rational Choice)

Feminist Theory

Symbolic Interactionism

Social Constructionism

Cultural Reproduction Theory

Ideological/Cultural Hegemony Theory

Life Course Theory

Resource Theory

Family Violence Theory

Journals in Family Studies

Journal of Marriage and Family

Journal of Family Issues

Journal of Family Theory & Review

Course Concepts

Deinstitutionalization theory

Marriage-as-gendered-institution thesis

Asymmetric gender change thesis

Becker’s specialization theory

Multidimensionality of relationships theory

Hidden power

Ideology of intensive mothering

Concerted cultivation

Accomplishment of natural growth

Childhood adultification

Emerging adulthood

Symbolic boundary work

Emotion work

Racework

Kinscripts/Kin labour

Gender symmetry/asymmetry in intimate partner violence

Family genealogies of incest

Feminization of incest

Family politics of gender inequality

Family-globalization nexus perspective

Neoliberal mothering