El surgimiento de la familia nuclear en México

Although the nuclear family in Mexico is the main form of familial organization, little is known about its characteristics and historical development. Historians have indicated that the nuclear family has existed since the colonial period, but there has been no identification of its similarities or differences with the contemporary nuclear family or with the Western nuclear family described in classical sociology. The article analyzes the emergence of the nuclear family in Mexico and points to its particularities and differences in comparison with the Western nuclear family. This exploration is based on three analytic dimensions: family structure, family relationships and kinship relationships. The thesis I propose is that, contrary to what has been stated by some historians, from a sociocultural point of view, the nuclear family did not emerge during the colonial period.