WMST 227: Arlie Hochschild

Arlie Hochschild was born in Boston Massachusetts on January 15, 1940. Her father was Francis Henry a diplomat and her mother was Ruth Russe...

The three writers that Hochschild refers to as opening her eyes to sociology were: “Erving Goffman, David Riesman (The Lonely Crowd and Face...

In the course of her teaching at the University of California, at Berkeley Arlie Hochschild has received two awards for her teaching abiliti...

Besides being a very influential sociologists and bringing to the field many concepts and phrases that are becoming the focus of study in ma...

According to Hochschild, much of her current research is fueled by the “triumph of the market over so much else in life.” For example she i...

Dr. Hochschild is a woman of many talents; at least that is what I gather from her many awards, publications and honors she has received. S...

Arlie is the author of many well noted books, even more articles and essays, yet there is one book that she is not necessarily known for wri...