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I thought that this article was a nice synthesis of many of our previous discussions concerning gender relations and families. I was also surprised to find Chinese Americans and Chicanos discussed in this article. The comparisons in this article were very interesting. One fact that I noted while reading, was that while African slaves were encouraged to procreate and have families, the Chinese were “explicitly denied the right to form families in the United States.” (8) This article also highlighted for me the impact that American laws had on the lives and family structure of all three groups. –Sarah Gardner | I thought that this article was a nice synthesis of many of our previous discussions concerning gender relations and families. I was also surprised to find Chinese Americans and Chicanos discussed in this article. The comparisons in this article were very interesting. One fact that I noted while reading, was that while African slaves were encouraged to procreate and have families, the Chinese were “explicitly denied the right to form families in the United States.” (8) This article also highlighted for me the impact that American laws had on the lives and family structure of all three groups. –Sarah Gardner | ||
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| + | In class on Tuesday Joe brought up the effects of split families or migrant families in the Southwest and how different structures of families influenced how the family functioned and the roles of the family members. Once again, we see how structure strongly dictates the functions and practices of the family. For instance, due to the physical splitting up of slave families slaves relied on extended family or fictive kin to help not only with familial responsibilities, but emotional support. The role of the master also dictated the structure of many families determining the mating practices and whether or not a family would stay together. After emancipation the roles and function of the family once again changed because the structure changed. The comment that only Chinese men with money, not ordinary men, were able to send for their families and bring them over to the United States is another example of structure dictating function. Both U.S. immigration practices and economics resulted in split family households which prevented Chinese families from having traditional familial support. A disproportionate number of males early on in America led to population disparities as well as reliance not on family, but on fictive kin, since family was not physically available. – Mary Beth | ||
