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Lecture Schedule
TERM ONE
Unit One: Foundations of Comparative Family Studies
Week One: September 12 Defining Family
Readings: Mandell and Duffy 1 Chapter 1
Suggested: T. McCauley Chapter 6 “Family Definitions and Theories” in McCauley and Hill.
Week Two: September 19 Theoretical Perspectives
Readings: Mandell and Duffy 2 Chapter 2
Suggested: M. Eichler, Chapter 4 “Beyond the Micro-Structural Bias in Family”
Week Three: September 26 Families and Households
Readings: Mandel and Duffy2 Chapter One
Suggested: L. Benkov “Reinventing the Family. In A.S. Sckolnick and J.H. Sckolnick Family in Transition (12th edition) Boston: Allyn and Bacon.
Week Four: October 3 Global Families
Readings: Insgoldsby Chapter One
Suggested: Meg Wilkes Karraker (2013) “Introduction: Families in a Global Context” London: Sage Publication
Week Five: Oct 10 Comparative Family Research Methodology
Readings: Insgoldsby Chapter Two
Suggested: G.P. Murdock, (1981) Atlas of World Cultures Pittsburg P.A. University of Pittsburg Press,.
Week Six: Oct 17 The History of Euro Western Family
Readings: Insgoldsby Chapter Three
Suggested: K. Ishwaran Chapter Two; Leslie and Korman Chapter 3.
Week Seven Oct 24 Families in Pre Industrial Societies
Readings: G. Leslie and S. Korman, Family in Social Context New York: Oxford University Press, 1982
Suggested:
Case Study: Italian Canadian Kinship in Ishwaran’s The Canadian Family: Ethnic Variations,
Emily Nett- Chapter 2.
Week Eight: Oct 31 Co-Curricular Day
Unit Two: Comparative Family Structures
Week Nine: Nov 7 Family Origin and Universality
Readings: Insgoldsby Chapter 4
Suggested: Ira Riesse “The Universality of Family: A Conceptual Analysis”
Week Ten: Nov 14 Historical Family Structures
Readings: Insgoldsby Chapter 5
Suggested: W. Stevens, (1963) “The Family in Cross Cultural Perspective” New York: Holt Reinhart and Winston.
Week Eleven: Nov 21 Contemporary Family Structures
Readings: Insgoldby Chapter 11
Suggested: Meg Wilkes Karraker (2013) Chapter 2 “Global Change and Demographic Shifts” London: Sage Publication
Week Twelve: Nov 28 Family and Capitalism
Readings: Mandell and Duffy2 Chapter 6
Suggested: Meg Wilkes Karraker (2013) Chapter 2 “Families and World Wide Culture Systems” London: Sage Publication
TERM TWO
Week 13: Jan 9 Kinship Patterns
Readings: Insgoldsby Chapter 5
Week 14: Jan 16 Marital Structures
Readings: Insgoldsby Chapter 6
Suggested: Suggested: Meg Wilkes Karraker (2013) Chapter 6 “Positioning Families in a Global Landscape” London: Sage Publication
Week 15: Jan 23 Religious Utopias and Family Structure
Readings: Insgoldsby Chapter 7
Week 16: Jan 30 Comparative Family Research Study
Readings: Insgoldsby Part 1 Exercise
Suggested: G. Murdock and D.R. White (1969) “Standard cross-cultural sample”
Ethnology 8
Case Study: Kinship among Dutch Canadians see K. Ishwaran’s Canadian Families: Ethnic Variations
Week 17: Feb 6 Mate Selection and Marriage
Readings: Insgoldsby Chapter 8; Part 3 Exercise
Suggested: W. Goode (1963) World Revolution and Family Patterns
Week 17: Feb 13 Parenting Practices Worldwide
Insgoldsby Chapter 9
Week 18: Feb 27 International Divorce
Insgoldsby Chapter 10
Unit Four International Families & Social Inequality
Week 19 Mar 6 Ethnicity, Kinship and Diversity
Mandell and Duffy2 Chapter 2; Insgoldsby Chapter 11
Week 20 Mar 13 Kinship Among Asian and Latino Immigrant Families
Insgoldsby Chapter 12
Week 21 Mar 20 Kinship Within Families of Japan
Insgoldsby Chapter 16
Week 22 Mar 27 Native Families : Kinship and Poverty
Insgoldsby Chapter 17
Week 24: April 3 Final Exam
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