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    Sociology Samantha Lowe Using Materials from Item A and elsewhere assess the contribution of functionalism to our understanding of families and households. Functionalism focuses on the positive roles played by different institutions of society‚ the main one being the family. Functionalism see family as a vital organisation in all societies‚ they are needed to meet basic needs. Functionalism stresses the positive role of the family‚ and its great importance for society. Functionalists

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    written by August Wilson. This was illustrated by the character Troy Maxson‚ and his role in the black community. The importance of community to the African American culture is so significant because they feel oppressed by mainstream society. As a result of this oppression they feel the need to form their own community. Forming a community is necessary in order to create a group identity‚ and the driving forces that hold a community together can also be the cause of its destruction. August Wilsons

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    Structural Family Theory Literature Review Structural family theory is a technique employed by social scientists that offers perspectives and tactics that strengthen and examine the familial unit (Walsh‚ 2014). Developed by Salvador Minuchin‚ structural family theory looks at the unspoken rules within a family and how they affect the organization of the unit. It is the job of the social worker to accurately identify the patterns‚ presented rules‚ and their effect on the family

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    Behavioral‚ Intergenerational‚ and Structural Approaches Paper Carey Go MFCC/556 June 3‚ 2014 Behavioral‚ Intergenerational‚ and Structural Approaches Paper After assessing my nuclear and extended family using a genogram‚ it was apparent that a history of mental illness was a pattern within my paternal extended family. My family never went to therapy‚ but I truly think that it would have been beneficial throughout my childhood and teenage years. Solution-focused therapy‚ narrative

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    Violence is experience all over the world in different types and form. Two types of violence are structural and traumatic violence. Structural violence is the result of the way government and economy status risk the different ways people in the country are suffering. Traumatic violence is an event or situation that happens to a person which are out of their control such as war. In structural violence the ones affected are those that are suffering from infections and parasitic disease

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    theater‚ explores throughout some of his plays the theme of gender roles during the 19th century. August Wilson ’s plays "constitute a cycle that traces the black experience in America throughout the twentieth century" (1027). He emphasizes the struggle for equality among African-Americans during the 20th century. In two famous dramatic plays‚ A Doll ’s House‚ by Henrik Ibsen‚ and Fences‚ by August Wilson‚ the fictional characters develop conflicts in their relationships which lend to the themes

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    Functionalism is one of the major proposals that have been offered as solutions to the mind/body problem. Solutions to the mind/body problem usually try to answer questions such as: What is the ultimate nature of the mental? At the most general level‚ what makes a mental state mental? Or more specifically‚ What do thoughts have in common in virtue of which they are thoughts? That is‚ what makes a thought a thought? What makes a pain a pain? Cartesian Dualism said the ultimate nature of the mental

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    sociologists would not be able to explain nearly anything in the sociological field. These theories include functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and symbolic interaction. Functionalism is the theory that society is a structure with interrelated parts. Like the human body‚ each person in society contributes to the goals of the whole. Herbert Spencer was the first to describe the theory of functionalism‚ and he named the individual parts of society social institutions (Spencer 1898).

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    August Wilson’s Fences The immigration of Africans to America as slaves has had a great effect to many things including literature. Despite their experiences in this foreign land‚ they brought with them a different culture that had not been experienced in the American society. The stories and experiences of African-Americans have seen authors write books and plays being staged with large audiences. This is due to the different but almost similar

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    In the story Fences by August Wilson‚ there is a African-American family in the 1950’s which takes place in one setting which is the backyard of the Maxon’s. The play shows how this family resolves its conflicts. The main characters are Troy Maxon‚ Cory Maxson‚ and Rose Maxson. Troy and Cory have an very interesting father and son relationship‚ Troy always pushes Cory to the limits to the point where Cory becomes terrified of him and ends up loosing all respect for his father. The question is if

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