Hochschild

Hochschild's 'reversed world' thesis is based on a case study. What is Hochschild's case and how does she use evidence to make it? The traditional perception of home and work is portrayed in early Marxist writings where capitalist workplaces were a place of alienation and a return to home was a relief from this(1) and in Christopher Lasch's 'Haven in a Heartless World' home was depicted as a haven away form work(2). Yet is this …

…reversed, she contends that home time is now becoming increasingly more managed and often people prefer to be at work than at home. To make this case she uses interview data and quotations, observational evidence, historical comparison, knowledge gained form 'perphials' and even modern concepts. She weaves this evidence throughout her narrative thesis, yet it should be noted that the evidence she uses as an interactionist and narrative writer, may be selective and sometimes invalid.