The Family
V97.0451-001
Professor Damaske
Introduction
to the sociology of family life. Addresses a range of questions: What is the relationship between family
life and social arrangements outside the family (e.g., in the workplace, the
economy, the government)? How is the division of labor in the family related to
gender, age, class, and ethnic inequality? Why and how have families changed historically?
What are the contours of contemporary American families, and why are they
changing?