Geoffrey Moss, Keith McIntosh, Ewa Protasiuk

Barista in the City

Subcultural Lives, Paid Employment, and the Urban Context

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Barista in the City examines the impact of paid employment and the contemporary neoliberal context on the subcultural lives of hipsters who are employed as baristas.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 158
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 413g
• ISBN-13: 9781032272030
• ISBN-10: 1032272031
• Artikelnr.: 68473349

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Moss is a full-time Professor of Instruction in Sociology at Temple University. He previously published two books, Artistic Enclaves in the Post-Industrial City: A Case Study of Lawrenceville Pittsburgh (2017) and Contemporary Bohemia: A Case Study of an Artistic Community in Philadelphia (2019). The later book was co-authored with Keith McIntosh and Rachel Wildfeuer. He has also published articles in the Journal of Criminal Justice, Economic and Industrial Democracy, and School Organization. Keith McIntosh recently received his Ph.D from the Department of Sociology at Temple University. He previously co-authored a book with Geoffrey Moss and Rachel Wildfeuer, Contemporary Bohemia: A Case Study of an Artistic Community in Philadelphia (2019). His (2021) dissertation investigated a gentrifying community in Philadelphia, and covered the role of the Church, race, and class in shaping relationships between gentrifiers and long-time residents. Ewa Protasiuk is a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at Temple University. She has presented her work at the American Sociological Association and Eastern Sociological Society annual conferences. She is currently writing a dissertation about work, inequality, and the pandemic within Philadelphia restaurants.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Specialty Coffee Shops and the Job of the Barista
Chapter 3: Why They Work as Baristas
Chapter 4: Class
Chapter 5: A Taste for Inclusion? Racial and Gender Inequality in a Hip,
Low-Wage Service Job
Chapter 6: Baristas as Residential Gentrifiers
Chapter 7: Coffee Shops as Agents of Commercial Gentrification: Views of
Coffee Shop Owners, Managers, and Baristas
Chapter 8: Conclusion