At the Heart of Work and Family: Engaging the Ideas of Arlie Hochschild

by Anita Ilta Garey

Book Overview

At the Heart of Work and Family presents original research on work and family by scholars who engage and build on the conceptual framework developed by well-known sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild. These concepts, such as "the second shift," "the economy of gratitude," "emotion work," "feeling rules," "gender strategies," and "the time bind," are basic to sociology and have shaped both popular discussions and academic study. The common thread in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813549566
• ISBN13: 9780813549569
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"