Family Practices

Question 1

David Morgan (2005)

Answer 1

Uses this concept to deprive the routine actions through which we create our sense of “being a family member” such as feeding children or doing DIY

Question 2

Why may there be confident within the family

Answer 2

Feeding a child may be seen as a female role likewise DIY is a more ‘masculine’ role - people hold different beliefs or expectations about each other’s responsibilities

Question 3

What did Morgan say was the main idea of family practices

Answer 3

Gets us “closer to the realities of everyday experience”

Question 4

Weeks’ view

Answer 4

The idea of “chosen families” and “friendships as kinship” among gays suggest that the distinction between family and non family may be becoming less clear