Dishing It Out: Power and Resistance Among Waitresses in a New Jersey Restaurant

By (author): "Greta Foff Paules"

Genres:Food books Feminism books Sociology books Society books Labor books

Dishing It Out: Power and Resistance Among Waitresses in a New Jersey Restaurant

ISBN0877228884

ISBN139780877228882

AsinDishing It Out: Power and Resistance Among Waitresses in a New Jersey Restaurant

Original titleDishing It Out: Power and Resistance Among Waitresses in a New Jersey Restaurant (Women in the Political Economy)

Reveals the strategies that experienced waitresses employ to improve their own positions rather than aspiring towards management. This book confronts stereotypical characterizations of waitresses through the voices of some aggressive, determined, tough, and resilient women.