Difference between revisions of "426--Week 13 Questions/Comments--Thursday"
From McClurken Wiki
(→Irish American Family) |
|||
| Line 17: | Line 17: | ||
One concern or point of interest that I wish the article explored more was the Irish daughter. What influence did a mother-centered house have on her and her views of marriage? Since the Irish Americans as a whole were not as concerned with marriage what did that mean for courting practices? Was there a courting method or culture for the Irish Americans and if so what would that look like? – Mary Beth | One concern or point of interest that I wish the article explored more was the Irish daughter. What influence did a mother-centered house have on her and her views of marriage? Since the Irish Americans as a whole were not as concerned with marriage what did that mean for courting practices? Was there a courting method or culture for the Irish Americans and if so what would that look like? – Mary Beth | ||
| + | |||
| + | I think if courting methods were used by Irish Americans as Mary Beth suggests, it must have come from Catholic Church related event. Although one thing that struck as odd about this reading is how much an influence religion had on Irish Americans including women and the lack of marriages within this group of people and the increased desertions. For a people whose lives were largely influenced by Catholicism, why was the family in this reading described as so dysfunctional? -- Joe C | ||
== Working Class Families == | == Working Class Families == | ||
