So how's the family? : and other essays / Arlie Russell Hochschild.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Families--United States.

Families.

Women--Social conditions.

Women.

United States--Social conditions--1980-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this new collection of thirteen essays, Arlie Russell Hochschild-author of the groundbreaking exploration of emotional labor, The Managed Heart and The Outsourced Self-focuses squarely on the impact of social forces on the emotional side of intimate life.From the "work" it takes to keep personal life personal, put feeling into work, and empathize with others; to the cultural "blur" between market and home; the effect of a social class gap on family wellbeing; and the movement of care workers around the globe, Hochschild raises deep questions about the modern age. In an eponymous essay, she even points towards a possible future in which a person asking "How's the family?" hears the proud answer, "Couldn't be better."

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Going on Attachment Alert

2. Can Emotional Labor Be Fun?

3. Empathy Maps

4. So How's the Family?

5. Time Strategies

6. The Diplomat's Wife

7. The Personalized Market and the Marketized Self

8. At Home in the Office

9. Rent- a-Mom

10. Two-Way Global Traffic in Care

11. Children Left Behind

12. The Surrogate's Womb

Notes

Bibliography

Credits

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520272279

0520272277

9780520956780

0520956788

OCLC:

854977082