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This video explains the postmodernist view of the family. It will help A level sociology students, and others, understand the difference between families in modern and postmodern society. • Postmodernists believe society fundamentally changed in the 1970’s! This shift to a postmodern society led to significant changes in family life e.g. increased individual choice and extreme family diversity. • Subscribe for more sociology revision videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK0b... • My website is - thesociologytutor.com – subscribe to the mailing list to receive free revision resources. • This video explains the following points: • Features of Modernity • 1. Stability; few social/technological changes • 2. Predictable; job and relationship for life • 3. Nuclear families (minimal family diversity) • 4. Industrial economy; most people worked in factories • 5. Minimal cultural diversity/subcultures • Postmodernists view of society • 1. Fragmented society; no single cultures dominates and • 2. creates social solidarity • 3. Cultural diversity; numerous ‘subcultures’ • 4. Rapid technological/social change • 5. People are defined by ‘consumption’ what they buy • 6. rather than their job • 7. Social class, gender and traditional norms no longer shape/limit people actions. We’re completely free to create our identities through our consumption • • Postmodernist view of the family • 1. Fragmented family structures i.e. family diversity • 2. No single dominant family type • 3. Chaotic, unpredictable family structures and rapid social change (Cheal;1993) • Evaluations of a postmodernist view of the family
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