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Strangers in Their own Land : : Anger and Mourning on the American Right

Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940- Book - 2016 320.52 Ho, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Politics / Hochschild, Arlie Russell, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Politics / Hochschild, Arlie 3 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4 out of 5

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Part one: The great paradox -- Traveling to the heart -- "One thing good" -- The rememberers -- The candidates -- The "least resistant personality" -- Part two: The social terrain -- Industry: "the buckle in America's energy belt" -- The state: governing the market 4,000 feet below -- The pulpit and the press: "the topic doesn't come up -- Part three: The deep story and the people in it -- The deep story -- The team player: loyalty above all -- The worshipper: invisible renunciation -- The cowboy: stoicism -- The rebel: a team loyalist with a new cause -- Part four: Going national -- The fires of history: the 1860s and the 1960s -- Strangers no longer: the power of promise -- "They say there are beautiful trees."
"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?"-- Provided by publisher.

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compassionate and open submitted by mrajraspn08 on August 14, 2018, 8:20pm Very interesting. The bias comes through occasionally, but overall, it's a very compassionate view. The question is never really answered, and there aren't really any suggestions, which is the only thing keeping me from five stars, but really, reading it, what's left open-ended isn't something that can be answered simply. I think it provokes thought that is needed.

Strangers in Their own Land : : Anger and Mourning on the American Right submitted by angie. on July 22, 2021, 10:18am Really interesting, and I would rate it 4/5@

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PUBLISHED
New York : The New Press, 2016.
Year Published: 2016
Description: xii, 351 pages : illustration ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781620972250
1620972255

SUBJECTS
Conservatism -- History -- 21st century.
Liberalism -- History -- 21st century.
Political psychology.