So How's the Family? e-bog

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 "e;work"e; it takes to keep personal life personal, put feeling into work, and empathize with others; to the cultural "e;blur"e; 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 eponymous essay, she even points towards a possible future in which a person asking "e;How's the family?"e; hears the proud answer, "e;Couldn't be better."e;