The Hungry Cowboy: Service and Community in a Neighborhood Restaurant - Couverture souple

Erickson, Karla A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1617030511 ISBN 13 : 9781617030512

Editeur : University Press of Mississippi, 2009

Synopsis

The Hungry Cowboy A behind-the-scenes look at the dynamics of class, race, and economics in a suburban eatery "Erickson's study makes a novel and important contribution to our understanding of interactive service work. Service workers at the Hungry Cowboy are deeply embedded in personal relationships and community with their customers. Written in a vivid and engaging style, The Hungry Cowboy joins the list of must-read books in the sociology of work and identity." -Vicki Smith Professor and Chair, Sociology, University of California, Davis Karla A. Erickson is assistant professor of sociology at Grinnell College. She is coeditor of Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations: Life S...

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

At a Tex-Mex restaurant in a Minneapolis suburb, customers send Christmas and Hanukkah cards to the restaurant, bring in home-baked treats for the staff, and attend the annual employee party. One customer even posts in the entryway a sign commemorating the life of his dog. Diners and servers alike use the Hungry Cowboy as a place to gather, celebrate, relax, and even mourn. Moments such as these fascinate Karla A. Erickson, who worked for the restaurant, and they make up her new book The Hungry Cowboy. Weaving together narratives from servers, customers, and managers, Erickson explores a type of service work that is deeply embedded in personal relationships and community. Feelings, play, and emotions are inseparable from the market transactions within the restaurant. Based on extensive interviews and two years of working as a waitress, Erickson provides insights into the ways that people make contact in our society and how they build on the fleeting connections in the service exchange to form more intimate relationships. Written for readers, scholars, and students interested in American culture, consumerism, and community, The Hungry Cowboy offers a case study in how consumers and producers in the marketplace perform, and how dignity, meaning, and community can all be built at work.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Karla A. Erickson is assistant professor of sociology at Grinnell College. She is coeditor of Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations: Life Histories of a Movement. Her research has been published in Qualitative Sociology, Symbolic Interaction, Ethnography, and Space and Culture.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: University Press of Mississippi
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1617030511
• ISBN 13: 9781617030512
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208