Arlie Russell Hochschild is the author of "The Time Bind," "The Second Shift," and "The Managed Heart." She is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley, Her articles have appeared in "Harper's," "Mother Jones," and "Psychology Today," among others. She lives in San Francisco.
Incisive, provocative, and often downright entertaining...It used
to take a village, but these days it takes a full-service mall,
much of it in cyberspace. Finding a mate, planning a wedding,
potty-training a child, or being a better father once intuitive,
ordinary tasks involving family, friends, and neighbors now require
the services of paid experts, trainers, and a plethora of coaches,
such as Internet dating coach Evan Katz, aka e-Cyrano, or
Family360, which teaches executives to invest time and attention in
high leverage family activities. "Publishers Weekly (Starred
Review)" What happens to us as we outsource more and more of our
personal even intimate tasks to paid "coaches," caretakers,
companions, event planners and third world surrogate mothers? It
takes a social thinker of great stature and scope to tackle this
question, and a writer of immense charm to make the answer
riveting. Arlie Hochschild is both, and this may be her best book
ever. Barbara Ehrenreich The nation's leading sociologist of daily
life has turned her razor-sharp eye to rapid advance of the
commodity frontier. Exposing both extreme (love coaches,
wantologists) and ordinary (elder care, party planners) cases,
Hochschild has produced a brilliant, compelling, and
hard-to-put-down account of the expansion of market logic and its
effects on our culture. This book deserves the country's attention.
"Juliet Schor, author of Plenitude: The New Economics of True
Wealth" What have we given up, Arlie Hochschild worries, when we
start paying experts for our most intimate activities? Taking us
into a fascinating tour of love coaches, wedding planners,
surrogate mothers and more, Hochschild offers her own compelling
and controversial answers. Another triumph from this masterful
social analyst and a gift to her legion of readers. "Viviana
Zelizer, author of The Purchase of Intimacy""
"Incisive, provocative, and often downright entertaining...It used
to take a village, but these days it takes a full-service mall,
much of it in cyberspace. Finding a mate, planning a wedding,
potty-training a child, or being a better father--once intuitive,
ordinary tasks involving family, friends, and neighbors--now
require the services of paid experts, trainers, and a plethora of
coaches, such as Internet dating coach Evan Katz, aka e-Cyrano, or
Family360, which teaches executives to "invest time and attention
in 'high leverage' family activities." -"Publishers Weekly"
(Starred Review)"What happens to us as we outsource more and more
of our personal--even intimate--tasks to paid "coaches,"
caretakers, companions, event planners and third world surrogate
mothers? It takes a social thinker of great stature and scope to
tackle this question, and a writer of immense charm to make the
answer riveting. Arlie Hochschild is both, and this may be her best
book ever." -Barbara Ehrenreich "The nation's leading sociologist
of daily life has turned her razor-sharp eye to rapid advance of
the commodity frontier. Exposing both extreme (love coaches,
wantologists) and ordinary (elder care, party planners) cases,
Hochschild has produced a brilliant, compelling, and
hard-to-put-down account of the expansion of market logic and its
effects on our culture. This book deserves the country's
attention." -Juliet Schor, author of "Plenitude: The New Economics
of True Wealth""What have we given up, Arlie Hochschild worries,
when we start paying experts for our most intimate activities?
Taking us into a fascinating tour of love coaches, wedding
planners, surrogate mothers and more, Hochschild offers her own
compelling and controversial answers. Another triumph from this
masterful social analyst and a gift to her legion of readers."
-Viviana Zelizer, author of "The Purchase of Intimacy"
PRAISE FOR "THE OUTSOURCED SELF" "Incisive, provocative, and often
downright entertaining...It used to take a village, but these days
it takes a full-service mall, much of it in cyberspace. Finding a
mate, planning a wedding, potty-training a child, or being a better
father--once intuitive, ordinary tasks involving family, friends,
and neighbors--now require the services of paid experts, trainers,
and a plethora of coaches, such as Internet dating coach Evan Katz,
aka e-Cyrano, or Family360, which teaches executives to "invest
time and attention in 'high leverage' family activities."
-"Publishers Weekly" (Starred Review)"What happens to us as we
outsource more and more of our personal--even intimate--tasks to
paid "coaches," caretakers, companions, event planners and third
world surrogate mothers? It takes a social thinker of great stature
and scope to tackle this question, and a writer of immense charm to
make the answer riveting. Arlie Hochschild is both, and this may be
her best book ever." -Barbara Ehrenreich "The nation's leading
sociologist of daily life has turned her razor-sharp eye to rapid
advance of the commodity frontier. Exposing both extreme (love
coaches, wantologists) and ordinary (elder care, party planners)
cases, Hochschild has produced a brilliant, compelling, and
hard-to-put-down account of the expansion of market logic and its
effects on our culture. This book deserves the country's
attention." -Juliet Schor, author of "Plenitude: The New Economics
of True Wealth""What have we given up, Arlie Hochschild worries,
when we start paying experts for our most intimate activities?
Taking us into a fascinating tour of love coaches, wedding
planners, surrogate mothers and more, Hochschild offers her own
compelling and controversial answers. Another triumph from this
masterful social analyst and a gift to her legion of readers."
-Viviana Zelizer, author of "The Purchase of Intimacy""" PRAISE FOR
"THE TIME BIND" "Hochschild has written one of the
"The nation's leading sociologist of daily life has turned her
razor-sharp eye to rapid advance of the commodity frontier.
Exposing both extreme (love coaches, wantologists) and ordinary
(elder care, party planners) cases, Hochschild has produced a
brilliant, compelling, and hard-to-put-down account of the
expansion of market logic and its effects on our culture. This book
deserves the country's attention." -Juliet Schor, author of
"Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth""What have we given
up, Arlie Hochschild worries, when we start paying experts for our
most intimate activities? Taking us into a fascinating tour of love
coaches, wedding planners, surrogate mothers and more, Hochschild
offers her own compelling and controversial answers. Another
triumph from this masterful social analyst and a gift to her legion
of readers." -Viviana Zelizer, author of "The Purchase of Intimacy"
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