Arlie Russell Hochschild
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"In Strangers in Their Own Land, the renowned sociologist Arlie Hochschild embarks on a thought-provoking journey from her liberal hometown of Berkeley, California, deep into Louisiana bayou country--a stronghold of the conservative right. As she gets to know people who strongly oppose many of the ideas she famously champions, Hochschild nevertheless finds common ground and quickly warms to the people she meets--among them a Tea Party activist whose...
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Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co
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2012.
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English
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The family, which at one time was the source of comfort and a haven from the world, is now an endangered species. It has been invaded by a market-driven society deprived of the family's intimacy and wisdom creating a relationship and duty-for-hire type of existence. Everything is in the marketplace, wedding planners, nameologist who help you to name your child, hired mourners, dating services, goal setters and even grannies. The author reveals a...
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Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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"More than twenty years ago, sociologist and University of California, Berkeley, professor Arlie Hochschild set off a tidal wave of conversation and controversy with his bestselling book, The Second Shift In it, she examined what really happens in dual-career households. Adding together time in paid work, child care, and housework, she found that working mothers put in a month of work a year more than their spouses. Updated for a workforce now half...
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