The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling by Arlie Russell Hochschild

The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling

Arlie Russell Hochschild

339 pages first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction feminism psychology sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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In private life we try to induce or suppress love, envy, and anger through deep acting or "emotional work," just as we manage our outer expressions through surface acting. But what happens when this system of adjusting emotions is adapted to comme...

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