Barbara Ehrenreich
American journalist and political activist whose Nickel and Dimed went undercover in the minimum-wage economy to document the working poor's conditions. Bright-Sided examined the cultural insistence on positive thinking. She wrote with wit and anger about poverty, health, and American capitalism.
Works
- Nickel and DimedUndercover investigation of low-wage work in contemporary America
- Bright-SidedCritique of positive thinking culture and American optimism mythology
- Fear of FallingAnalysis of middle-class anxiety and economic insecurity in America
- The Hearts of MenHistory of changing masculinity and family structures in twentieth century
- Natural CausesMeditation on aging, mortality, and rejecting anti-aging culture