HIS 34 - FAMILIES & PER LIVES AMER HIS

Institution:

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Subject:

History

Description:

This course surveys the changing ways that social groups have utilized families to fulfill fundamental practical, psychological and cultural functions from colonial times to the present. In particular, the course explores how codes of power and obligation have been challenged by the heightening of individuals' aspirations for autonomy and happiness and the ways that family celebrations and rituals, such as wedding ceremonies, have been relied upon to reconcile the ideal of family commitments with the ideal of personal fulfillment.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

Notes:

Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.kutztown.edu/

Phone Number:

(610) 683-4000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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