Bibliograph

The outsourced self, intimate life in market times, Arlie Russell Hochschild

Type

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The outsourced self, intimate life in market times, Arlie Russell Hochschild

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The outsourced self

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

740628925

Responsibility statement

Arlie Russell Hochschild

Sub title

intimate life in market times

Summary

Drawing on hundreds of interviews and original research, Hochschild follows the incursions of the market into every stage of intimate life and reveals a world in which the most intuitive and emotional of human acts have become work for hire

Table Of Contents

You have three seconds -- The legend of the lemon tree -- For as long as we both shall live -- Our baby, her womb -- My womb, their baby -- It takes a service mall -- Making six-year-olds laugh is harder than you think -- A high score in family memory creation -- Importing family values -- I was invisible to myself -- Nolan enjoys my father for me -- With a person you pay you can be needy -- I would have done it if she'd been my mother -- Endings

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