A review by flibbityflob
Strangers in Their Own Land: Anger and Mourning on the American Right by Arlie Russell Hochschild

Read for my thesis - excellent book, excellent introduction to ethnography as it can be in its most brilliant format. Whilst I felt a great deal of frustration, of anger, of irritation with the subjects of this book, there was also a resounding sense of affection for them. They've been lied to their whole lives, the promise of the American Dream tangible for them, and they can never have it. They'll never be able to have it. The moment that resounded most of all was the concept of these people as victims, but victims both unable to accept their victimhood, and having had the language of their victimhood stolen from them.