{"title":"Grazia Ting Deng","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrazia Ting Deng’s works offer insightful exploration into language and culture, blending practical guidance with engaging storytelling. Her books, such as \u003cem\u003eChinese Espresso\u003c\/em\u003e, provide readers with enriching perspectives that enhance understanding and appreciation of Chinese language and heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for those interested in education and cultural reference, her writing is both accessible and thought-provoking, making complex ideas approachable without sacrificing depth. Readers can expect a thoughtful journey through language learning enriched by personal experience and cultural nuance.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"chinese-espresso-by-grazia-ting-deng-9780691245799","title":"Chinese Espresso","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eItalians regard espresso as a quintessentially Italian cultural product—so much so that Italy has applied to add Italian espresso to UNESCO's official list of intangible heritages of humanity. The coffee bar is a cornerstone of Italian urban life, with city residents sipping espresso at more than 100,000 of these local businesses throughout the country. And yet, despite its nationalist bona fides, espresso in Italy is increasingly prepared by Chinese baristas in Chinese-managed coffee bars. In \u003cem\u003eChinese Espresso\u003c\/em\u003e, Grazia Ting Deng explores the paradox of \"Chinese espresso\"—the fact that this most distinctive Italian social and cultural tradition is being preserved by Chinese immigrants and their racially diverse clientele.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDeng investigates the conditions, mechanisms, and implications of the rapid spread of Chinese-owned coffee bars in Italy since the Great Recession of 2008. Drawing on her extensive ethnographic research in Bologna, Deng describes an immigrant group that relies on reciprocal and flexible family labour to make coffee, deploying local knowledge gleaned from longtime residents who have come, sometimes resentfully, to regard this arrangement as a new normal. The existence of Chinese espresso represents new features of postmodern and postcolonial urban life in a pluralistic society where immigrants assume traditional roles even as they are regarded as racial others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of Chinese baristas and their patrons, Deng argues, transcends the dominant Eurocentric narrative of immigrant-host relations, complicating our understanding of cultural dynamics and racial formation within the shifting demographic realities of the Global North.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596001460460,"sku":"9780691245799","price":57.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691245799-chinese-espresso.jpg?v=1777912391"},{"product_id":"chinese-espresso-by-grazia-ting-deng-9780691245782","title":"Chinese Espresso","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy and how local coffee bars in Italy—those distinctively Italian social and cultural spaces—have been increasingly managed by Chinese baristas since the Great Recession of 2008.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eItalians regard espresso as a quintessentially Italian cultural product—so much so that Italy has applied to add Italian espresso to UNESCO's official list of intangible heritages of humanity. 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Drawing on her extensive ethnographic research in Bologna, Deng describes an immigrant group that relies on reciprocal and flexible family labour to make coffee, deploying local knowledge gleaned from longtime residents who have come, sometimes resentfully, to regard this arrangement as a new normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe existence of Chinese espresso represents new features of postmodern and postcolonial urban life in a pluralistic society where immigrants assume traditional roles even as they are regarded as racial others. The story of Chinese baristas and their patrons, Deng argues, transcends the dominant Eurocentric narrative of immigrant-host relations, complicating our understanding of cultural dynamics and racial formation within the shifting demographic realities of the Global North.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596001558764,"sku":"9780691245782","price":205.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691245782-chinese-espresso.jpg?v=1777912402"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/grazia-ting-deng.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}