Cabin Pressure : African American Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Emotional Labor
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Perspectives on a Multiracial America
ISBN-10
1442221356
ISBN-13
9781442221352
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 16th, 2013
Print length
174 Pages
Weight
418 grams
Dimensions
16.10 x 23.60 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Social discrimination & inequalitySocial groupsEthnic studiesBlack & Asian studies
Ksh 15,500.00
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Author Louwanda Evans draws on provocative interviews with African Americans in the flight industry to examine the emotional labor involved in a business that offers occupational prestige, but also a history of the systemic exclusion of people of color.
From African American pilots being asked to carry people’s luggage to patrons refusing drinks from African American flight attendants, Cabin Pressure demonstrates that racism is still very much alive in the “friendly skies.” Author Louwanda Evans draws on provocative interviews with African Americans in the flight industry to examine the emotional labor involved in a business that offers occupational prestige, but also a history of the systemic exclusion of people of color.
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