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1 online resource |
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Vignette 1: booking a room -- Theoretically checking in -- Vignette 2: Plaza memories -- Design and the chambermaid: Mary Bresnan's The practical hotel housekeeper and E.M. Statler's Service code -- Vignette 3: "for your safety" -- A textbook case: pedagogy and housekeeping -- Vignette 4: the hotel as mise-en-scène -- Laboriously unreal: design and hotel impossible -- Vignette 5: you're doing research where? -- Go green: design, hotels, and the sustainability paradox -- Vignette 6: Chicago and thick description -- "We truly listened to our guests": rethinking the redesign of the Hyatt Regency Chicago -- Conclusion: a Cinderella story |
| Summary |
One of the great pleasures of staying in a hotel is spending time in a spotless, neat, and organized space that you don't have to clean. That doesn't, however, mean the work disappears--when we're not looking, someone else is doing it. With Housekeeping by Design, David Brody introduces us to those people--the housekeepers whose labor keeps the rooms clean and the guests happy. Through unprecedented access to staff at several hotels, Brody shows us just how much work goes on behind the scenes--and how much management goes out of its way to make sure that labor stays hidden. We see the incredible amount of hard physical work that is involved in cleaning and preparing a room, how spaces, furniture, and other objects are designed to facilitate a smooth flow of hidden labor, and, crucially, how that design could be improved for workers and management alike if front-line staff were involved in the design process. After reading this fascinating exposé of the ways hotels work--or don't for housekeepers--one thing is certain: checking in will never be the same again |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Hotel housekeeping -- United States
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Hotels -- United States -- Employees
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Hotels -- United States -- Design and construction
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Sustainable buildings -- United States -- Design and construction
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Small Business.
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Hotel housekeeping
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Hotels -- Design and construction
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Hotels -- Employees
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Sustainable buildings -- Design and construction
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780226389264 |
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022638926X |
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