Modern Family

ideal families for over half a century now. This model family, or nuclear family, is identified by a suburban fantasy of the bread winning father, housewife, 2.5 kids, maybe a dog, and white picket fence. Portrayed in the media since the early 1950’s, shows like “I Love Lucy” and “Leave it to Beaver” prorogated the model family though positive and negative reinforcement. This model that was showcased in the media during the 1950’s has remained a constant theme in media ever since, and modern…

Today, I watched the pilot episode of Modern Family. I’d never watched the show before, but assumed it might provide some interesting gender roles and non conformities. Unfortunately, I was disappointed by the typical nuclear family portrayals and gender-role stereotypes that I’ve seen on most other family sitcoms. Let’s start with the Dunphy’s. Phil is the wage-earner of the family. He seems fun-loving and a bit goofy. I suspect that his wife, Claire spends as much time policing him as their…

Effeminate Men: Modern Family's Conservative Remediation of the Family Sitcom Genre as an compelling argument of how modern family sitcoms still have heteronormative family roles, and how modern sitcoms have both traditional and new elements present. This piece was successful in two ways. The first was the credibility of the author, and the second was the use of logical points throughout her analysis of sitcoms. The goal of this article was to show that the sitcom Modern Family has many of the…

American family has evolved drastically over time. The black-and-white image of a nuclear family and their dog Buddy, happily standing behind their white picket fence is fading out. This overused 1950 's depiction of popular families no longer applies to most Americans today because our culture has progressed towards equality. The television sitcom series Modern Family attempts to portray a more contemporary view of American families. However, despite their aim at presenting modern families, the…

discussion surrounding gender portrayal and modern families throughout the first season of Modern Family. Through a textual analysis of season one, I am able to begin exploring the development of each character and their roles within the family. Through this method I will get an accurate representation for how the story line is presented. I will also see how the family dynamics, based on masculinities, shapes a depiction of what can be defined as a modern family. Professor Draper discussed in…

show Modern Family has been one of America’s most popular shows in recent memory and has provide us of the different types of families that there are across the world. The American family has changed drastically over time and many television shows have not portrayed that with today’s times. The television show Modern Family portrays a family in the present time and the different types of people that are in a family and how they come all together to be one. Modern Family displays three families…

History Changes in modern society have made it where there is no such thing as a typical American household. During the 19th century the man was characterized as the provider and the wife was to obtain the house. Within the 1950s couples began marrying at a young age and having multiple off springs. Once the 1970s came about divorce began to escalate and women began a pattern of having children without being married. Changes According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2012) a family is defined as…

There are many factors that influence the increasing trend of boomerang children in modern families that will most likely affect me in the near future. One of these factors is my family’s culture. Although, since I was young, I have never seen any problem with moving out after getting a reliable job, however, my mom sees otherwise. According to her chinese culture, children are supposed to stay at the parent’s house until marriage is accomplished, which means that she expects me to live with her…

Family is a very important thing to me. My family are the only people that have always been here for me, even during the hard times. It seems to be quite rare now and days for families to be close. I find myself very lucky. There are many ways to keep your family close and have a good family relationship. My family is a family of three it is my dad, sister, and I. We have been a small family as long as I can remember. When growing up many teachers and parents felt bad for me for not having a…

Marriage and Family is all around us. It’s on television, newspapers, and magazine ads. We pass by families on the street, in the store, in our own neighborhoods. At some point of our lives, everyone has a family. However, with society changing and progressing and falling over time, the definition of a family is changing. At one point, families were pictured as the idea of a nuclear family, your typical married wife and husband with about two kids, however modern day families aren’t that…