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Exploring the Family Album: Social Class Differences in Images of Family Life *
Author(s) -
Gardner Saundra
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1991.tb00278.x
Subject(s) - friendship , class (philosophy) , sociology , social class , family life , middle class , working class , genealogy , gender studies , social psychology , psychology , social science , history , computer science , political science , law , artificial intelligence , politics
Based on an analysis of twenty family albums, this study investigates how social class affects the family's portrayal of kin and friendship networks as well as its geographical boundaries. The results suggest the visual collections of middle‐class families are more likely to present a kin oriented image of family life, include friends, and portray the family as a system with broad geographical boundaries than those of the working‐class. Theoretical and methodological implications of these findings are discussed.