Hey, Waitress!: The USA from the Other Side of the Tray [Idioma Inglés] - Softcover

Owings, Alison

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520242246 ISBN 13: 9780520242241

Verlag: University of California Press, 2004

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"Some might call "Hey, Waitress! a tribute, but it's much better than an earnest celebration of the downtrodden working class. For the most part, Owings is confident enough in her subjects to trust that, beyond working their asses off, they have something insightful to say about the behavior of ordinary Americans. Thus, while some of Owings' more famous subjects offer a fresh perspective on history--who doesn't want a front row seat at Woolworth's during the famous North Carolina sit-in?--their stories end up being less eye-opening than the goings on at an ordinary greasy spoon."--"Salon.com, 10/14

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Most of us have sat across the tray from a waitress, but how many of us know what really is going on from her side? "Hey, Waitress!" aims to tell us. Containing lively, personal portraits of waitresses from many different walks of life, this book is the first of its kind to show the intimate, illuminating, and often shocking behind-the-scenes stories of waitresses' daily shifts and daily lives. Alison Owings traveled the country - from border to border and coast to coast - to hear firsthand what waitresses think about their lives, their work, and their world. Part journalism and part oral history, "Hey, Waitress!" introduces an eclectic cast of characters: a ninety-five-year-old Baltimore woman who may have been the oldest living waitress, a Staten Island firebrand laboring at a Pizza Hut, a well-to-do runaway housewife, a Native American proud of her financial independence, a college student loving her diner more than her studies, a Cajun grandmother of twenty-two, and many others. The book also offers vivid slices of American history. The stories describe the famous sit-in at the Woolworth's counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, which helped spark the civil rights movement; early struggles for waitress unions; and, battles against sexually discriminatory hiring in restaurants. A superb and accessible means of breaking down stereotypes, this book reveals American waitresses in all their complexity and individuality, and will surely change the way we order, tip, and, most of all, behave in restaurants.. NOTA: El libro no está en español, sino en inglés.

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0520242246
• ISBN 13: 9780520242241
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 334