Stolen pride : loss, shame, and the rise of the Right / Arlie Russell Hochschild.
| Author/creator | Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1940- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : The New Press, 2024. |
| Copyright Date | ©2024 |
| Description | x, 383 pages ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Part one : The march -- A polite voice -- "We're good people here" -- The pride paradox -- "Come to help y'all out" -- Insiders, outsiders -- Part two : Faces in the crowd -- Bootstrap pride -- Outlaw pride -- Survivor's pride : hood and holler -- "I could have become a white nationalist" -- At the grave's edge -- Part three : The roll of thunder -- Trial run -- Liquid politics -- Lightning in a jar -- Pride on a dangerous ride -- An empathy bridge -- Overburden -- Goodbyes -- Appendix 1 : Research -- Appendix 2 : Upper and lower decks on the empathy bridge. |
| Abstract | "An exploration of the "pride paradox" that has given the right's appeals such resonance"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract | "In her first book since the widely acclaimed Strangers in Their Own Land, the National Book Award finalist and bestselling author travels to Appalachia and uncovers the "pride paradox" that has turned the children and grandchildren of Roosevelt Democrats into Trump Republicans. For all the attempts to understand the state of American politics and the blue/red divide, we've ignored what economic and cultural loss can do to pride. What happens, Arlie Russell Hochschild asks, when a proud people in a hard-hit region suffer the deep loss of pride and are confronted with a powerful political appeal that makes it feel "stolen"? Hochschild's research drew her to Pikeville, Kentucky, in the heart of Appalachia, within the whitest and second-poorest congressional district in the nation, where the city was reeling: coal jobs had left, crushing poverty persisted, and a deadly drug crisis struck the region. Although Pikeville was in the political center thirty years ago, by 2016, 80 percent of the district's population voted for Donald Trump. Her brilliant exploration of the town's response to a white nationalist march in 2017 -- a rehearsal for the deadly Unite the Right march that would soon take place in Charlottesville, Virginia -- takes us deep inside a torn and suffering community. In Stolen Pride, Hochschild focuses on a group swept up in the shifting political landscape: blue-collar men. In small churches, hillside hollers, roadside diners, trailer parks, and Narcotics Anonymous meetings, Hochschild introduces us to unforgettable people, and offers an original lens through which to see them and the wider world. In Stolen Pride, Hochschild incisively explores our dangerous times, even as she also points a way forward." -- Jacket flap. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-364) and index. |
| LCCN | 2024005179 |
| ISBN | 9781620976463 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1620976463 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |