Jonathan EmmesediI finished this book earlier today.
I'd recommend it as a way into the minds, and, more importantly, the hearts of a significant slice of Trump voters.
Arlie Russell Hochschild deserves credit for solid sociological field work. Rather than just dropping in for a week, she spent time really getting to know a corner of Appalachia, immersing herself in the Pikesville community and carrying out more than eighty interviews. At times I found the book a tough read, because Hochshild is exploring senses of loss and hurt amongst people some of whom I found difficult to sympathize with. That difficulty on the part of people like me is, of course, actually part of the larger story.
Stolen Pride | The New Press
https://thenewpress.com/books/stolen-pride
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Stolen Pride
For all the attempts to understand the state of American politics and the blue/red divide, we’ve ignored what economic and cultural loss can do to pride. What happens, Arlie Russell Hochschild asks, when a proud people in a hard-hit region suffer the deep loss of pride and are confronted with a powerful political appeal that makes it feel “stolen”?
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