Working the Skies : the Fast-Paced, Disorienting World of the Flight Attendant.

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Get ready for takeoff. The life of the flight attendant, a.k.a., stewardess, was supposedly once one of glamour, exotic travel and sexual freedom, as recently depicted in such films as Catch Me If You Can and View From the Top . The nostalgia for the beautiful, carefree and ever helpful stewardess p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Whitelegg, Drew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2007.
Temas:
Flight attendants > United States > Anecdotes.
Flight attendants > United States.
Agents de bord > États-Unis > Anecdotes.
Agents de bord > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies.
Flight attendants
United States
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Anecdotes
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Sumario:Get ready for takeoff. The life of the flight attendant, a.k.a., stewardess, was supposedly once one of glamour, exotic travel and sexual freedom, as recently depicted in such films as Catch Me If You Can and View From the Top . The nostalgia for the beautiful, carefree and ever helpful stewardess perhaps reveals a yearning for simpler times, but nonetheless does not square with the difficult, demanding and sometimes dangerous job of today's flight attendants. Based on interviews with over sixty flight attendants, both female and male labor leaders, and and drawing upon his observations while.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (319 pages)
ISBN:9780814784518
0814784518

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