Cheffes de cuisine : women and work in the professional French kitchen / Rachel E. Black.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Black, Rachel, 1975- author.

Contributor:

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women cooks--France.

Women cooks.

Restaurants--France.

Restaurants.

Women in the hospitality industry--France.

Women in the hospitality industry.

Women in the food industry--France.

Women in the food industry.

Sex discrimination in employment--France.

Sex discrimination in employment.

Sex discrimination against women--France.

Sex discrimination against women.

France.

Physical Description:

xxi, 227 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]

Summary:

"Though women enter France's culinary professions at higher rates than ever, men still receive the lion's share of the major awards and Michelin stars. Rachel Black looks at the experiences of women in Lyon to examine issues of gender inequality in France's culinary industry. Known for its female-led kitchens, Lyon provides a unique setting for understanding the gender divide, as Lyonnais women have played a major role in maintaining the city's culinary heritage and its status as a center for innovation. Voices from history combine with present-day interviews and participant observation to reveal the strategies women use to navigate male-dominated workplaces or, in many cases, avoid men in kitchens altogether. Black also charts how constraints imposed by French culture minimize the impact of #MeToo and other reform-minded movements. Evocative and original, Cheffes de Cuisine celebrates the successes of women inside the professional French kitchen and reveals the obstacles women face in the culinary industry and other male-dominated professions"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Cuisine des meres lyonnaises: Making Sense of Women's Culinary Work

2. Des femmes avec du caractere: Performing Gender and Authenticity in the bouchon lyonnais

3. Apprentie: Reproducing and Subverting Gender through Culinary Education

4. Stars in Their Eyes: Ambition and Bias in the Kitchen

5. Cheffe de cuisine: Women Redefining the Kitchen and Labor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Black, Rachel, 1975- Cheffes de cuisine

ISBN:

9780252044007

0252044002

9780252086052

0252086058

OCLC:

1243351712

Publisher Number:

99991312324