Strangers In Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild (Paperback, 2018)

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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.

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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 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?

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PublisherThe New Press
ISBN-139781620973493
eBay Product ID (ePID)26046607282

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Publication Year2018
SubjectGovernment
Number of Pages288 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameStrangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right
TypeTextbook
AuthorArlie Russell Hochschild
FormatPaperback

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Item Height210 mm
Item Width140 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorArlie Russell Hochschild

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