Chinese Espresso: Contested Race and Convivial Space in Contemporary Italy

by Grazia Ting Deng

Book Overview

Why and how local coffee bars in Italy--those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces--have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008

Italians regard espresso as a quintessentially Italian cultural product--so much so that Italy has applied to add Italian espresso to UNESCO's official list of intangible heritages of humanity. The coffee bar is a cornerstone of Italian urban life, with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691245797
• ISBN13: 9780691245799
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"