02549cam a2200325 i 4500 296126964 TxAuBib 20161216120000.0 160720s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016017892 9781620972250 1620972255 eng rda TxAuBib rda Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940- Strangers in their own land [BOOK] : anger and mourning on the American right / Arlie Russell Hochschild. New York : The New Press, 2016. xii, 351 pages : illustration ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-338) and index. "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 toknow 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 seemto benefit most from "liberal" government intervention abhor the very idea?"-- Provided by publisher. 20161216. Right and left (Political science.) Ideology Political aspects United States. Conservatism United States. Liberalism United States. Political sociology United States. United States Politics and government.