TY - GEN T1 - Strangers in their own land : anger and mourning on the American right A1 - Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940- LA - English PP - New York PB - The New Press YR - 2018 ED - [Paperback edition]. UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_on1050873042 AB - 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 CN - JC573.2.U6 H624 2018eb SN - 9781620973981 SN - 1620973987 KW - Conservatism : United States. KW - Liberalism : United States. KW - Right and left (Political science) : United States. KW - Ideology : Political aspects : United States. KW - United States : Politics and government. KW - Political sociology. KW - Conservatisme : États-Unis. KW - Libéralisme : États-Unis. KW - Idéologie : Aspect politique : États-Unis. KW - États-Unis : Politique et gouvernement. KW - Sociologie politique. KW - Campaigns & Elections. KW - Political Process. KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE. KW - Political Ideologies. KW - Conservatism KW - Ideology : Political aspects KW - Liberalism KW - Political sociology KW - Politics and government KW - Right and left (Political science) KW - United States KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism ER -