A Changing Model Suburb: Levittown’s Eateries Provide Useful Glimpses in Gendered Work

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Power hierarchies are common in American workplaces. Are other cultural groups more likely to work in less structured ways, despite American assumptions about limits to cultural flexibility in what are perceived as more patriarchal contexts?

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Designed as a refuge from the city, Levittown provided upward mobility to Whites fleeing NYC post-WWII. The neighborhood’s long history and its changing demographics are reflected in the two restaurants analyzed by a student curious about how culture influences work life in adjacent Halal and Pizza joints.

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