Editing Arlie Russell Hochschild (section)

=== Work and family ===

In other books, Hochschild applies her perspective on emotion to the American family. In ''[[The Second Shift]]'', she argues that the family has been stuck in a "stalled revolution." Most mothers work for pay outside the home; that is the revolution. But the jobs they have and the men they come home to haven't changed as rapidly or deeply as she has; that is the stall. Hochschild traces links between a couple's division of labor and their underlying "economy of gratitude." Who, she asks, is grateful to whom, and for what?

In ''[[The Time Bind]]'', Hochschild studied working parents at a [[Fortune 500]] company dealing with an important contradiction.  On one hand, nearly everyone she talked to told her that "my family comes first." However, when she asked informants "Where do you get help when you need it?" or "Where are you most rewarded for what you do, work or home?" for some 20 percent the answer was "at work." For them, "family becomes like work and work takes on the feel and tone of the family."<ref>{{Cite journal | doi=10.1177/0730888411418921|title = The Sociology of Arlie Hochschild| journal=Work and Occupations| volume=38| issue=4| pages=459–464|year = 2011|last1 = Wharton|first1 = Amy S.|s2cid = 145525401}}</ref>

In an interview with the ''Journal of Consumer Culture'', Hochschild describes how capitalism plays a role in one's "imaginary self"—the self we would be if only we had time.<ref name="Wilson">Wilson, N. H., & Lande, B. J. (n.d). Feeling Capitalism: A Conversation with Arlie Hochschild. Sage Publications, Ltd.</ref>