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A review by pauls
The Second Shift by Arlie Russell Hochschild
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Hochschild’s work offers the reader illustrative real-life examples followed by some general findings and statistics.
However, it’s hard to speak of it’s importance, seeing as the research was conducted in the 80s among middle-class families (mostly). I can’t say it wasn’t worth my time, but it failed to provide the in-depth analysis I expected. I also have several complaints regarding the language used by the writer and referring to the couples by their names (truly, while reading the last chapters I couldn’t care less about who mrs. Holt or her mother were).
However, it’s hard to speak of it’s importance, seeing as the research was conducted in the 80s among middle-class families (mostly). I can’t say it wasn’t worth my time, but it failed to provide the in-depth analysis I expected. I also have several complaints regarding the language used by the writer and referring to the couples by their names (truly, while reading the last chapters I couldn’t care less about who mrs. Holt or her mother were).