ISBN:
9780520956780
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0520956788
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 251 p.)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Hochschild, Arlie Russell So How's the Family? : And Other Essays
DDC:
306.850973
Keywords:
Families United States
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Women Social conditions
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Women Social conditions
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Families
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Gender Studies
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Families
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Social conditions
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Women ; Social conditions
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Familie
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Frau
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Privatheit
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Öffentlichkeit
;
Soziale Situation
;
Familie
;
Vrouwen
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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United States Social conditions
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1980-
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United States
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United States Social conditions 1980-
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United States
;
Verenigde Staten
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USA
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Feel of Things; 1. Going on Attachment Alert; 2. Can Emotional Labor be Fun?; 3. Empathy Maps; Families, Class Gaps, and Time; 4. So how's the Family?; 5. Time Strategies; 6. The Diplomat's Wife; Boundaries and Blurs, Market and Home; 7. The Personalized Market and the Marketized Self; 8. At Home in the Office; 9. Rent-a-Mom; Women on the Global Backstage; 10. Two-Way Global Traffic in Care; 11. Children Left behind; 12. The Surrogate's Womb; Notes; Bibliography; Credits.
Abstract:
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 epony
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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