The Hungry Cowboy

A behind-the-scenes look at the dynamics of class race and economics in a suburban eateryErickson's study makes a novel and important contribution to our understanding of interactive service work. Service workers at the Hungry Cowboy are deeply embedded in personal relationships and community with their customers. Written in a vivid and engaging style The Hungry Cowboy joins the list of must-read books in the sociology of work and identity.-Vicki SmithProfessor and Chair Sociology University of California DavisKarla A. Erickson is assistant professor of sociology at Grinnell College. She is coeditor of Feminist Waves Feminist Generations: Life Stories from the Academy. Her research has been published in Qualitative Sociology Symbolic Interaction Ethnography and Space and Culture.