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Strangers in their own land : anger and mourning on the American right
- Title
- Strangers in their own land : anger and mourning on the American right / Arlie Russell Hochschild.
- Author
- Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940-
- Publication
- New York : New Press, 2016.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 351 pages : illustration; 25 cm
- Summary
- "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 town has been swallowed by a sinkhole caused by a drilling accident--people whose concerns are actually ones that all Americans share: the desire for community, the embrace of family, and hopes for their children. Strangers in Their Own Land goes beyond the commonplace liberal idea that these are people who have been duped into voting against their own interests. Instead, Hochschild finds lives ripped apart by stagnant wages, a loss of home, an elusive American dream--and political choices and views that make sense in the context of their lives. Hochschild draws on her expert knowledge of the sociology of emotion to help us understand what it feels like to live in "red" America. Along the way she finds answers to one of the crucial questions of contemporary American politics: why do the people who would seem to benefit most from "liberal" government intervention abhor the very idea?"--
- Subjects
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism
- Right and left (Political science)
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections
- Conservatism > United States
- United States > Politics and government
- Liberalism > United States
- Ideology > Political aspects > United States
- Political sociology > United States
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-338) and index.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-11829
- ISBN
- 9781620972250
- 1620972255
- LCCN
- 2016017892
- OCLC
- 2016017892
- Author
- Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940- author.
- Title
- Strangers in their own land : anger and mourning on the American right / Arlie Russell Hochschild.
- Publisher
- New York : New Press, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-338) and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940- author. Strangers in their own land New York : New Press, The, 2016 9781620972267 (DLC) 2016033622
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-11829