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Russell Hochschild, Arlie. The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work. New YOrk: Owl Books, 2001.
Explain the title. What is the "Time Bind"?
The author of The Time Bind, Arlie Russell Hochschild, states that for many parents today, particularly women, when the formal, paid part of their work shift ends, another unpaid work shift begins. This second shift comprises the demands of home and family care and is effectively another full-time job. This creates a tension, or time bind between work and home, leaving no time for private leisure, much less devoting time to making a better world and community life for the next generation.
More and more women are working, and these women working full-time rather than part-time, despite the demands of their children. Also, men are working more rather than fewer hours, leaving husbands and fathers even less available to help raise the children or to work around the home, much less be equal partners to their spouses regarding chores and child-rearing obligations. (7)
What is cultural transformation?
Once upon a time in America, corporate professionalism was less important than giving back to one's family and social community. The cultural worlds of family and private life were paramount. Even in families where men and women embraced the traditional roles of breadwinner and homemaker, the working father worked put food on the table, he did not work merely to serve the CEO. Now, however, as evidenced at the Amerco...
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