Strangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild

February 6, 2017 by Christina

Nonfiction – print. The New Press, 2016. 351 pgs. Library copy. Subtitled “Anger and Mourning on the American Right” and then sub-subtitled “A Journey to the Heart of Our Political Divide”, Hochschild’s book documents her attempt to scale the “empathy wall”. As a sociologist living in the liberal stronghold of Berkeley, California, Hochschild found herself condemning those “Red Staters” joining the Tea Party movement and voting for the interests of billionaires like the Koch brothers. Yet, she didn’t know any of […]

Categories: 2017 Reads, Nonfiction, North America, United States • Tags: Arlie Russell Hochschild