{"product_id":"american-chinese-restaurants-jenny-banh-9780367273163","title":"American Chinese Restaurants: Society, Culture and Consumption","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith case studies from the USA, Canada, Chile, and other countries in Latin America, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Chinese Restaurants\u003c\/i\u003e examines the lived experiences of what it is like to work in a Chinese restaurant.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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 socioeconomic differences. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican Chinese Restaurants will be of interest to general readers, scholars, and college students from undergraduate to graduate level, who wish to know Chinese restaurant life and understand the relationship between food and society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jenny Banh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367273160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367273163\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/23\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Jenny Banh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055894458623,"sku":"9780367273163","price":54.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_924b10ed-8ece-47e1-a174-e83f9c5f8138.jpg?v=1685038399","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/american-chinese-restaurants-jenny-banh-9780367273163","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}