The Trouble with Brunch: Work, Class and the Pursuit of Leisure

by Shawn Micallef

Book Overview

What do your Eggs Benedict say about your notions of class?

Every weekend, in cities around the world, bleary-eyed diners wait in line to be served overpriced, increasingly outr food by hungover waitstaff. For some, the ritual we call brunch is a beloved pastime; for others, a bedeviling waste of time. But what does its popularity say about shifting attitudes towards social status and leisure? In some ways, brunch and other forms of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552452859
• ISBN13: 9781552452851
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Coach House Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 4.8" x 7.4"