American Chinese Restaurants

Name: American Chinese Restaurants
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

American Chinese RestaurantsSociety, Culture and Consumption\nAuthor(s): Jenny Banh, Haiming Liu\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138599864, 978-1138599864\nSynopsis\nWith case studies from the USA, Canada, Chile, and other countries in Latin America, American Chinese Restaurants examines the lived experiences of what it is like to work in a Chinese restaurant.\n\nThe book provides ethnographic insights on small family businesses, struggling immigrant parents, and kids working, living, and growing up in an American Chinese restaurant. This is the first book based on personal histories to document and analyze the American Chinese restaurant world. New narratives by various international and American contributors have presented Chinese restaurants as dynamic agencies that raise questions on identity, ethnicity, transnationalism, industrialization, (post)modernity, assimilation, public and civic spheres, and socioec.