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A review by saraanneb3
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild
5.0
What a well-written, and heartbreaking, book.
I appreciated that she came to the South with curiosity, not judgment. But, I think the book may have been intended to inspire empathy for the right, and it did not for me. I grew up around these people, I lived my whole life in the south, and now with the facts and stories in front of me, it made me even angrier that people would vote and think this way. It also, as a new resident of Louisiana, made me absolutely horrified of every body of water in the state!
Thought provoking and helpful though, and really thorough appendices in the back.
I appreciated that she came to the South with curiosity, not judgment. But, I think the book may have been intended to inspire empathy for the right, and it did not for me. I grew up around these people, I lived my whole life in the south, and now with the facts and stories in front of me, it made me even angrier that people would vote and think this way. It also, as a new resident of Louisiana, made me absolutely horrified of every body of water in the state!
Thought provoking and helpful though, and really thorough appendices in the back.