Many of the more contemporary studies in relation to the family (especially late modern and postmodern studies and the focus on diversity) link to identity and the way in which families have been a fundamental part of someone's culture and identity, and the extent to which this is still the case
Throughout the topic the different experiences of different genders, social classes and ethnicities have been considered, and the question of who has power in the family and in society has been asked, especially by Marxist and feminist sociologists
