Fast Food Women materials, c.1991
Sub-Series (ap.afc.07.02)
- Extent
- 65 Video cassettes
- 12 Photo prints
- 1 Boxes
- Part of
- Appalshop Films Collection, 1969-2015 > Series VII. Appalshop Films 1991-1999 > Fast Food Women materials, c.1991
- Scope and Contents
- Contains material related to the color documentary Fast Food Women, a 1991 release. The film looks at the lives of women who work at four fast food restaurants in eastern Kentucky. The primarily middle-aged women are interviewed about the difficulties of working and raising children while being the sole income source for their families, working at near-minimum wage, difficulties in getting full-time hours because of scheduling policies, and lack of health care and other benefits. An interview with author Barbara Garson (The Electronic Sweatshop) is intercut with comments from human resources managers at the Druther’s chain. Subjects include social conditions of Appalachian women and women food service employees.
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