You're Wearing the Orange Shorts? African American Hooters Girls and the All American Girl Next Door
Date of Award
Spring 4-26-2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Women's Studies
First Advisor
Dr. Layli Maparyan
Second Advisor
Dr. Susan Talburt
Third Advisor
Dr. Amira Jarmakani
Fourth Advisor
Dr. Jennifer Patico
Abstract
Hooters restaurants are typically staffed by Caucasian women that resemble the company’s idea of an “All American Girl, Surfer Girl, Girl Next Door” image, promoted in employee training materials. However, my experience working for this company has been in a predominantly African American-staffed Hooters, atypical for the corporation. Through a mixed methods approach encompassing content analysis, participant observation, autoethnography, and interviews, this research seeks to understand the ideal Hooters Girl image promoted by the corporation, and the performance of that ideal in an atypical Hooters location.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/1954796
Recommended Citation
Cook, Rachel E., "You're Wearing the Orange Shorts? African American Hooters Girls and the All American Girl Next Door." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2011.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/1954796