Nelaturu Sreekanth ReddyAIR 151 · CSE 2024 · 190 wordsTheir whole copy
Opening
I. P. Desai based on his studies of Mahuwa Village proposed that structural break down of joint family into nuclear families is only apparent but not real.
Body · points and prose
I. P. Desai on Joint families
→ I. P. Desai argued that intra family relationship is more important to decide jointness than co-habitation & common kitchen. → He proposed Functional Joint family (Nuclear families under common authority) and Substantial Joint family (common property).
Nuclear family a stage in joint family
→ According to I. P. Desai todays joint family might give rise to many nuclear families and each nuclear family with become joint with coming of grand children.
→ Even A.M. shah argues that the transition between nuclear to joint families happens through progression and Regression. → According to T.N. Madan there is not breakdown of joint families but just separation and connection between them is through "Money order Economy".
Criticism
→ According to Parsons, Nuclear families are functional. → According to Yogendra Singh, modernisation lead to nuclear families.
Close · a summary
With rise in service sector jobs nuclear families increased due to neolocal shift but still jointness holds through festivals & ceremonies.