Sherman, Rachel, 1970-

Class acts : service and inequality in luxury hotels / Rachel Sherman - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007. - xii, 366 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-339) and index.

Going behind the scenes in two urban luxury hotels, this study gives a picture of the workers who care for and cater to wealthy guests by providing seemingly unlimited personal attention. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic research in a range of hotel jobs, it analyses what exactly luxury service consists of.

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Hospitality industry--Customer services--United States
Hotels--Management--United States
Luxuries--Social aspects--United States
Social classes--United States

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