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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?

ISBN-13: 9781620972250

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: New Press - The

Publication Date: 09-06-2016

Pages: 368

Product Dimensions: 6.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)

Arlie Russell Hochschild is one of the most influential sociologists of her generation. She is the author of nine books, including The Second Shift, The Time Bind, The Managed Heart, and The Outsourced Self. Three of her books have been named as New York Times Notable Books of the Year and her work appears in sixteen languages. The winner of the Ulysses Medal as well as Guggenheim and Mellon grants, she lives in Berkeley, California.

Table of Contents

Preface xi

Part 1 The Great Paradox

1 Traveling to the Heart 3

2 "One Thing Good" 25

3 The Rememberers 39

4 The Candidates 55

5 The "Least Resistant Personality" 73

Part 2 The Social Terrain

6 Industry: "The Buckle in America's Energy Belt" 85

7 The State: Governing the Market 4,000 Feet Below 99

8 The Pulpit and the Press: "The Topic Doesn't Come Up" 117

Part 3 The Deep Story And The People In It

9 The Deep Story 135

10 The Team Player: Loyalty Above All 153

11 The Worshipper: Invisible Renunciation 169

12 The Cowboy: Stoicism 181

13 The Rebel: A Team Loyalist with a New Cause 193

Part 4 Going National

14 The Fires of History: The 1860s and the 1960s 207

15 Strangers No Longer: The Power of Promise 221

16 "They Say There Are Beautiful Trees" 231

Afterword 243

Acknowledgments 269

Appendix A The Research 273

Appendix B Politics and Pollution: National Discoveries from ToxMap 277

Appendix C Tact-Checking Common Impressions 281

Endnotes 289

Bibliography 347

Index 371

Reading Group Guide 385