Kitchens (eBook)

The Culture of Restaurant Work

Gary Alan Fine (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2008
328 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-94289-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Kitchens takes us into the robust, overheated, backstage world of the contemporary restaurant. In this rich, often surprising portrait of the real lives of kitchen workers, Gary Alan Fine brings their experiences, challenges, and satisfactions to colorful life. A new preface updates this riveting exploration of how restaurants actually work, both individually and as part of a larger culinary culture.

Inhalt

Preface to the 2009 Edition 
Preface to the First Edition
Introduction 
Chapter 1. Living the Kitchen Life 
Chapter 2. Cooks'Time:Temporal Demands
and the Experience of Work 
Chapter 3. The Kitchen as Place and Space 
Chapter 4· The Commonwealth of Cuisine 
Chapter 5· The Economical Cook:Organization as Business 
Chapter 6. Aesthetic Constraints 
Chapter 7· The Aesthetics of Kitchen Discourse 
Chapter 8. The Organization and Aesthetics of Culinary Life 
Appendix. Ethnography in the Kitchen:Issues and Cases 
Notes 
References 
Index 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.12.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Geld / Bank / Börse
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Behind the Scenes • Career • Commercial Kitchens • contemporary restaurants • cooking • cooks and chefs • culinary culture • culinary narratives • culinary scene • engaging • ethnographies • food lovers • Hospitality • kitchen experiences • kitchen setting • kitchen staff • kitchen workers • labor and industry • Nonfiction • professional chefs • restaurant culture • restaurant settings • restaurant work • restaurant workers • Sociology • thought provoking • uplifting stories
• ISBN-10: 0-520-94289-2 / 0520942892
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-94289-9 / 9780520942899