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Date: Tue, 27 May 1997 09:43:44 +1200
To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu
From: Venise <venise@gatepoly.co.ck>
Subject: Re: Sociology of Everyday Life
At 18:55 27/05/97 +0200, you wrote:
>I don't know exactly what soc. of everyday life is, but here are two
>possibly relevant books:
>
>* Habits of the Heart, by a group of people including Ann Swidler.
>A history and survey, cultural style with interviews, of how Americans
>choose to live their lives.  How much does career matter?  How much does
>family matter?  From where does one get one's identity (e.g. being in
>clubs)?
>
>* The Managed Heart, by ___.  (Sorry, I'm bad on names today.)
>This is a story of how flight attendants are trained, especially  how they
>are taught to manage their emotions and always look happy no matter how
>frustrating things get.  The customer is always right, etc..  But at what
>cost to the flight attendants' themselves?
>
>
>Best of luck with your course,
>
>Jean
>
>Jean Czerlinski
>Max Planck Institute
> for Psychological Research
>
>

The author of this book is Arlie Russell Hochschild and it is excellent. She
writes clearly and mamages to convey what she is trying to without
bombarding you with jargon and incomprehensible babble.