{"product_id":"the-hungry-cowboy-service-and-community-in-a-neighborhood-restaurant-9781617030512","title":"The Hungry Cowboy: Service and Community in a Neighborhood Restaurant","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt a Tex-Mex restaurant in a Minneapolis suburb  customers send Christmas and Hanukkah cards to the restaurant  bring in home-baked treats for the staff  and attend the annual employee party. One customer even posts in the entryway a sign commemorating the life of his dog. Diners and servers alike use the Hungry Cowboy as a place to gather  celebrate  relax  and even mourn. Moments such as these fascinate Karla A. Erickson  who worked for the restaurant  and they make up her new book The Hungry Cowboy.  Weaving together narratives from servers  customers  and managers  Erickson explores a type of service work that is deeply embedded in personal relationships and community. Feelings  play  and emotions are inseparable from the market transactions within the restaurant. Based on extensive interviews and two years of working as a waitress  Erickson provides insights into the ways that people make contact in our society and how they build on the fleeting connections in the service exchange to form more intimate relationships.  Written for readers  scholars  and students interested in American culture  consumerism  and community  The Hungry Cowboy offers a case study in how consumers and producers in the marketplace perform  and how dignity  meaning  and community can all be built at work.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648095248437,"sku":"ByrdShop_1617030511","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781617030512.jpg?v=1781709328","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-hungry-cowboy-service-and-community-in-a-neighborhood-restaurant-9781617030512","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}