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The conservative ideal of a person who patiently endures hardship, feels connected to their local community, and works hard for the American Dream. Hochschild thinks that Louisianans’ endurance self is increasingly threatened by the growing power of the liberal cosmopolitan self throughout the rest of the United States, especially since the 1960s. She sees three expressions of this endurance self: the Team Loyalist, the Worshipper, and the Cowboy.
Endurance Self Quotes in Strangers in Their Own Land
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Chapter 10 Quotes
Sometimes Team Players had to suck it up and just cope.
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Here, Hochschild explains that Janice Areno feels a deep loyalty to the oil industry, even though she knows that it dumps chemicals in her community. Hochschild offers this pithy statement to explain how and why “Team Players” like Janice value endurance. The Team Player exemplifies the endurance self because they are willing to accommodate problems like pollution for the sake of a higher loyalty to their team. Team Players “just cope” with the emotions that such problems bring by managing their anxiety and constantly reminding themselves of their loyalty to their team. Just as Janice feels proud to take on Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum volup
Chapter 11 Quotes
Jackie's lesson ran counter to the deep story; one shouldn't wish too much for what seems like the next step toward the American Dream. That was grabbing. On the other hand, she had struggled hard emotionally not to grab for it.
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In this passage, Hochschild explores Jackie Tabor’s ironic understanding of the American Dream. Jackie Tabor exemplifies the Worshipper subtype of the endurance self because she puts faith above her own immediate desires. She both trusts that God will reward her with what she deserves and believes that she must prioritize her husband’s decisions and desires above her own in order to reap those rewards. Hochschild notes that this attitude “ran counter to the deep story” because it required her to set aside rather than directly pursue upward mobility. Nevertheless, her faith in God includes a faith in progress, and she Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asp
Chapter 13 Quotes
“We need Mikes.” Don't be a Cowboy in enduring pollution, he seemed to say. Be a Cowboy fighting it.
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Here, General Honoré explains why Mike Schaff is such an asset to the Green Army. Mike gives environmentalism the credibility of the endurance self, which it seems to need in Louisiana because many conservatives see it as “a soft, feminine issue” that is at odds with the masculine oil and petrochemical industry industries to which they are loyal. Cowboys express their investment in endurance by seeing a willingness to take risk as honorable, and this generally translates into an indifference toward preventing the risky health effects of industrial pollution. For instance, Hochschild’s exemplary Cowboy, Donny, believes that people are responsible Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impedit ut. Ducimus possimus quo. Non inventore in. Eligendi atque placeat. Molestiae earum eum. Libero sit beatae. At a deserunt. Sint aperiam consequatur. Minima porro perferendis. Sit neque odit. Tenetur qui dignissimos. Qui et ut. Voluptate labore corporis. Hic tempore laborum
Chapter 14 Quotes
How do you join the identity politics parade and also bring it to a halt?
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In this passage, Hochschild is describing the predicament white men faced in the 1970s. Frustrated that others began to “cut in line” by proclaiming special status based on their identities, white men felt uniquely left behind because they found themselves without any grounds for claiming cultural capital. Their work opportunities were getting worse, their church and region were disparaged in the national eye, and they faced no unique oppression as white men—except in their exclusion from identity politics. Minorities understandably blamed white men for their oppression, so middle-class white men with stagnant economic opportunities in the South felt they could Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Po
Chapter 15 Quotes
While economic self-interest is never entirely absent, what I discovered was the profound importance of emotional self-interest—a giddy release from the feeling of being a stranger in one’s own land.
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In this passage, Hochschild highlights the enthusiastic energy at Donald Trump’s rally and how it works in his supporters’ emotional self-interest. As they gather around to affirm him and one another, Trump’s supporters experience a powerful feeling of collective effervescence and consequently see voting for Trump as a way to “hold on” to their elation. This phenomenon allows Hochschild to finally return to her original concern with political scholars’ analytical methods: while most focus on seeing the economic interests people have in voting for particular candidates, Hochschild thinks they tend to forget that people often ultimately vote on their feelings. Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Acc
Chapter 16 Quotes
Louisianans are sacrificial lambs to the entire American industrial system. Left or right, we all happily use plastic combs, toothbrushes, cell phones, and cars, but we don't all pay for it with high pollution. As research for this book shows, red states pay for it more—partly through their own votes for easier regulation and partly through their exposure to a social terrain of politics, industry, television channels, and a pulpit that invites them to do so. In one way, people in blue states have their cake and cat it too, while many in red states have neither. Paradoxically, politicians on the right appeal to this sense of victimhood, even when policies such as those of former governor Jindal exacerbate the problem.
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Hochschild declares that, in one particular sense, the people she studied in this book are absolutely victims. Because Louisianans are willing to accept minimal regulations, companies flock to their state and dump the waste that other states would fight against. These companies gain social power in the state, work to elect politicians favorable to their interests, build the “psychological program” that ensures citizens value their industry, and further cut regulations so they can pollute even more. In addition, so many Louisianans end up working in the chemical industry, that they feel loyal to it and favor social institutions that echo Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis consectetur et. Dicta impe
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Endurance Self Term Timeline in Strangers in Their Own Land
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Chapter 10 – The Team Player: Loyalty Above All
Hochschild describes “three distinct expressions of this endurance self .” She calls these three varieties the Worshipper, the Cowboy, and the Team Loyalist. Each...
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...“false notions of the good and the true.” She also needs to defend her “rooted” endurance self , which is “based in a busy, dense, stable community of relatives, co-parishioners, and friends”...
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Chapter 13 – The Rebel: A Team Loyalist with a New Cause
Mike has a part of each type of endurance self : he is “a fighter but not a Cowboy, a man of religion but not...
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Chapter 14 – The Fires of History: The 1860s and the 1960s
...that liberals see as a denial of their own class status. But this kind of endurance self is threatened by the less rooted, more liberal “upper-middle-class cosmopolitan self” that is “directed to...
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