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For my analysis paper, I chose the Walsh family on 90210. ... The family-based situations demonstrated on the show helped me better understand and perform a sociological analysis. In this family there were four members: the mother (Cindy), the father (Jim), the son (Brandon), and the daughter (Brenda). ... This family was a traditional family. ... How do the family members carry out the functions of the family?
The six functions of the family are to provide love and intimacy, economic cooperation, reproduction and socialization, social role placement, and legitimization of sexual relationships.
Jim and Cindy Walsh had an intimate relationship. ... As a member of the family, each provided emotional security and support for each other. ...
As parents, Jim and Cindy had an obligation to their family and to each other to provide economic cooperation. Their family was known as a traditional American family, where the husband made the money and the wife remained at home caring for the children and the house. When Brandon and Brenda got older, they too were expected to contribute the economic status of the family. ...
Another function Jim and Cindy Walsh performed was reproduction and socialization. Together they produced children through sexual intercourse to carry on the family line. ... What type of family is illustrated?
The Walsh’s illustrate a nuclear family, a family consisting of a mom, dad, and at least one child. For Brandon and Brenda, this would be their family of orientation, which is the family that orients us to the world. ... The show focused more on their nuclear family and their choice family, which included friends. Jim and Cindy also formed a family of cohabitation by having children, this is also known as family of procreation. ... How does this family compare to the traditional American family?
The Walsh’s actually represented a traditional American family. ... Which theories are most applicable to the television family and why?
The family systems theory because there were parts or subsystems like parent/child, the parental subsystem (husband and wife relating to each other as parents), and the personal subsystem (the individual and his or her relationships).
Approximate Word count = 1609
Approximate Pages = 6.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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