The Commercialization of Intimate Life: Notes from Home and Work

摘要: Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of three "New York Times" Notable Books, has been one the freshest and most popular voices in feminist sociology over last decades. Her influential, unusually perceptive work opened up new ways seeing family life, love, gender, workplace, market transactions - indeed, American life itself. This book gathers some Hochschild's important widely read articles place, includes work, brings several essays to audiences for first time. Each chapter reflects on complex negotiations we make day juggle conflicting demands love work. Taken together, they are a compelling, often startling, look at how our everyday lives shaped by modern capitalism. These essays, rich with details explore larger social issues looking series intimate moments people's lives. Among them, "Love Gold" investigates globalization focusing care workers who leave their own children elderly wealthy countries. In "The Commodity Frontier," Hochschild considers an Internet ad 'beautiful, smart, hostess, good masseuse $400/week', explores responses personal services hire. "From Frying Pan into Fire" she asks if capitalism is religion. addition these recent early such as 'Inside Clockwork Male Careers', have revised updated this collection.