Write a 5-7 page (double-spaced) book review of The Second Shift by Hochschild.

p As an idealistic professor of sociology at the University of California over three decades ago Arlie Hochschild 's believed she could fulfill all her personal and professional aspirations . However Hochschild 's soon discovered reality and the beset laid plans were on a collision course . Much to her chagrin Hochschild 's was faced with an unexpected contentious barrier to her desired serenity and achievement The culprit ? Gender . Hochschild 's learned that it would take herculean effort to balance family life , her academic career and parenting

Hochschild at first thought she has solved

the age-old dilemma Swaddled and secure her infant rested in a small box at her Berkeley office so she could nurse and care for the baby during work hours (Kuttner , New York Times 1989

However , one ordinary day when Hochschild 's was preoccupied counseling a student she was repeatedly interrupted by the squalling baby Kuttner 1989 ) and her frustration erupted

Where , after all , were the children of my male colleagues (Kuttner 1989

This heartfelt query inspired Hochschild to point a probing scholarly finger at the perceived culprit and write a riveting and revealing book To date Hochschild has earned the respect and admiration of colleagues in the field and has been the recipient of prestigious awards such as international and thirty national invited talks , and the recipient of awards from the Fulbright , Alfred

. Sloan

Ford , and Guggenheim foundations and others rewards for her groundbreaking contributions and scholarly work

The Second Shift : Working Parents and the Revolution at Home by Arlie R . Hochschild is the culmination of in-depth , extensive and interactive interviews with 50 diverse working families residing in the San Francisco Bay area of California

Hochschild 's research assistant and collaborator Anne Machung devoted several years interviewing and probing to determine : who cares for children , who does housework and sacrifices career (Hochschild

A study of 50 couples , The Second Shift revealed that in addition to maintaining careers , most women do about 75 percent of the housework and 80 percent of the child care for their families (Hochschild

According to Hochschild , women bear the brunt of what she calls `a stalled revolution , one that got wives out of the home and into the first shift of paid employment (Hochschild

Hochschild was determined to illustrate in The Second Shift how values have changed as work outside the home has become normal for women of all social classes (Hochschild

Throughout the book the author painstakingly examines the interchange between work life , family dynamics and personalities . She uncovers an astounding divide

existing between family expectations and career demands impacting relationships between parents and children

Hochschild 's presumptions put forth in The Second Shift were derived from in-the-field analyses and from expansive qualitative materials and emphasizes the work of sociologist Erving Goffman as having the greatest influence on her way of thinking (Hochschild

One of the case study families introduced in the book is the Holts Wife and mother , Nancy , a social worker ,her husband Evan , a furnature salesman and their child Joey...