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Informationen zum Autor Alison Owings is a freelance writer and the author of Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich (1993). Klappentext "Alison Owings serves up a delightful chronicle of waitressing—from the first commercial eating establishments to a contemporary Pizza Hut—as seen through the eyes of its stalwart practitioners. Hey, Waitress! is a great pleasure to read, not least because it's a long overdue tribute to some of America's most tireless and least appreciated working women."—Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America "Owings is keenly sensitive to the class antagonisms of restaurant service. And bless her sisterhood of overworked, underpaid, harassed and harried informants in their aprons, hairnets, and rubber-soled shoes. This is oral history at its finest."—Susan Brownmiller, author of Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape "Welcome to the real world of table service. Alison Owings delves deeply and perceptively into the too-often out-of-view lifestyle of the female server. Hard working women tell their own stories in their own voices and as anthropology—as oral history—it's a comprehensive and thoroughly enjoyable work that will bring cheer and enlightenment to both those inside and outside the restaurant business."—Anthony Bourdain, author of Kitchen Confidential "Alison Owings has written a clever, compassionate book to celebrate the unsung and terribly important heroes of the workforce: waitresses. This book contains a rich trove of social history; I guarantee that after reading it you will look at the next waitress who serves you with different eyes. And if you want to get a good reading on how classy or unclassy people are, just watch how they treat their waitress!"—Letitia Baldrige, author of A Lady, First: My Life in the Kennedy White House and the American Embassies of Paris and Rome and Letitia Baldrige's Complete Guide to the New Manners for the 90's Zusammenfassung Containing personal portraits of waitresses from many different walks of life, this book shows the behind-the-scenes stories of waitresses' daily shifts and daily lives. It reveals American waitresses in their complexity and individuality. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue 1. A Brief! and Subjective! History of Waitressing Voices from the Other Side of the Tray 2. Slices of American History Arleen Garcia Ima Jean Edwards Beulah Compton Verna Welsh Marguerite Schertle Cathryn Anita Smith 3. "We Should Be Respected": Professionals Margie Watson Réka Nagy Patty Devon Melinda Rubke Tamara Thompson Dolores Romero 4. High Ends Wendy Levy Nella Powell Martha Shissler Sandy Ward 5. "It Was Desperation Time": Waitressing as Salvation Gladys Gilbert Susan Donley and Linda Bolanos Catherine Blount Bertie Halpern Hilde Meck Lorraine Talcove 6. Diners and Downward Rose Marie Willie Joanne Mulcahy Sally Merlo Diana Candee Jennifer de Haro 7. Worlds Within Worlds Mary Ellen Foster McEvily Melissa Mason Suz Kling Cynthia Shearer Mary-Lyons Mouton Ochsner Bruna 8. After Shift Kathy Anderson Lucy Rienzo and Co-workers Oi Yee Lai Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes ...
