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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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What does this sentence mean?
I was reading an article about The American Family and there's a quote at the beginning. I don't quit understand what it means. I wonder if anyone can help?
The American has fashioned anew the features of his family institutions, as he does everything else about him.
I guess it mean Americans have changed their family stuctures. But what does "as he does everything else about him" refer to? And what does "institutions" mean here?
Thank you so much for the help!
The American has fashioned anew the features of his family institutions, as he does everything else about him.
I guess it mean Americans have changed their family stuctures. But what does "as he does everything else about him" refer to? And what does "institutions" mean here?
Thank you so much for the help!
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" "His family's institutions" are the institutional "choices" traditionally associated with his family - churches, higher education, fraternal organizations, athletic preferences, politics, etc. When you say "the American has fashioned anew the features of his family institutions," that does seem a little special. It's one thing to change your religion from Catholic to Protestant (where your family has been Catholic for generations), and it's quite another to modify the way that religion is practiced.
- " "His family's institutions" are the institutional "choices" traditionally associated with his family - churches, higher education, fraternal organizations, athletic preferences, politics, etc.
- When you say "the American has fashioned anew the features of his family institutions," that does seem a little special.
- It's one thing to change your religion from Catholic to Protestant (where your family has been Catholic for generations), and it's quite another to modify the way that religion is practiced.
- You may need to go back to your article and see exactly how "family institutions" is being used.
- It may refer to the habits invented by a particular family.
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"About him" means "pertaining to him - as in the expression, "I like everything about him!"
"His family's institutions" are the institutional "choices" traditionally associated with his family - churches, higher education, fraternal organizations, athletic preferences, politics, etc.
When you say "the American has fashioned anew the features of
"His family's institutions" are the institutional "choices" traditionally associated with his family - churches, higher education, fraternal organizations, athletic preferences, politics, etc.
When you say "the American has fashioned anew the features of
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