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Arlie Russell Hochschild

Sociologist and author

Arlie Russell Hochschild is an American sociologist and professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, who writes about the emotions behind social and political life.

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American Born 1940 in Boston, United States

Arlie Russell Hochschild
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About Arlie Russell Hochschild

Arlie Russell Hochschild was born in 1940 and has written ten books. Her work looks at how people manage their emotions in family life, at work and in politics. Strangers in Their Own Land draws on five years of research among Tea Party supporters. It became a New York Times bestseller and a National Book Award finalist. Her later book Stolen Pride explores life in a struggling Appalachian town. Her other books include The Managed Heart, The Second Shift and The Time Bind.

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