The commercialization of intimate life : notes from home and work / Arlie Russell Hochschild.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interpersonal relations and culture.

Emotions--Sociological aspects.

Emotions.

Social pressure.

Man-woman relationships.

Self.

Families.

Physical Description:

ix, 313 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2003]

Summary:

Looking at a series of intimate moments that affect people, the author of three "New York Times" Notable Books offers fresh essays on how everyday lives are shaped by modern capitalism. 2 charts.

Contents:

Introduction: Two Sides of an Idea 1

Part 1 A Culture of Psychic Divestment

1 The Commercial Spirit of Intimate Life and the Abduction of Feminism: Signs from Women's Advice Books 13

2 The Commodity Frontier 30

3 Gender Codes and the Play of Irony 45

4 Light and Heavy: American and Japanese Advice Books for Women / Kazuko Tanaka 58

Part 2 A Feelingful Self

5 The Capacity to Feel 75

6 Working on Feeling 87

7 The Economy of Gratitude 104

8 Two Ways to See Love 119

9 Pathways of Feeling 127

Part 3 The Referred Pain of a Troubled Society

10 From the Frying Pan into the Fire 141

11 The Colonized Colonizer: Cruelty and Kindness in Mother-Daughter Bonds 149

12 The Fractured Family 161

13 Children as Eavesdroppers 172

Part 4 The Ecology of Care

14 Love and Gold 185

15 Emotional Geography and the Flight Plan of Capitalism 198

16 The Culture of Politics: Traditional, Postmodern, Cold Modern, and Warm Modern Ideals of Care 213

Part 5 Speaking Personally

17 Inside the Clockwork of Male Careers 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-302) and index.

ISBN:

0520214870

0520214889

OCLC:

50858947