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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136652603321

Autore

Hochschild Arlie Russell <1940-, >

Titolo

Strangers in their own land : anger and mourning on the American right / / Arlie Russell Hochschild

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York ; ; London, England : , : The New Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

1-62097-226-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 pages)

Classificazione

POL042020POL008000

Disciplina

320.520973

Soggetti

Conservatism - United States

Liberalism - United States

Right and left (Political science)

Ideology - Political aspects - United States

Political sociology - United States

United States Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sommario/riassunto

"When Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a bewildered nation turned to Strangers in Their Own Land to understand what Trump voters were thinking when they cast their ballots. Arlie Hochschild, one of the most influential sociologists of her generation, had spent the preceding five years immersed in the community around Lake Charles, Louisiana, a Tea Part stronghold. As Jedediah Purdy put it in the New Republic, "Hochschild is fascinated by how people make sense of their lives... [Her] attentive, detailed portraits... reveal a gulf between Hochschild's 'strangers in their own land' and a new elite." Lauded by commentators from Noam Chomsky to New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu, Hochschild's book was described by the New York Times' David Brooks as "humble and important." A new afterword to this paperback edition describes how the Louisianans she interviewed feel about recent events, especially the ongoing presidency of Donald Trump. A reading group guide appears at the back of the book"--Back cover.