Description
This interdisciplinary moduleÌýintroduces students to the family as a social institution and a site of personal life across time and place.ÌýThe module examines critical factors that make and shape familiesÌýdrawing on theoretical and empirical insights fromÌýanthropology, demography,Ìýpsychology, and sociology. ThemesÌýinclude:Ìýkinship and family structures; new forms of couple intimacy, sexual and relational diversity; families across cultures; parenting and child development; gender and family life; ethnicity and faith in families; families, poverty and inequality; elder life and intergenerational obligations in families. The module draws on examples from societiesÌýand cultures across the world.Ìý
Limited spaces available for Psychology students.
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Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 19th August 2024.
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