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The jet sex : airline stewardesses and the making of an American icon /
In the years after World War II, the airline stewardess became one of the most celebrated symbols of American womanhood. Stewardesses appeared on magazine covers, on lecture circuits, and in ad campaigns for everything from milk to cigarettes. Airlines enlisted them to pose for publicity shots, ming...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Penn. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2013.
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| Colección: | UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. History.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Flying nurses, lady pilots, and the rise of commercial aviation
- The rise of the stewardess
- Breaking the race barrier
- A new jet-winged world
- Vodka, tea, or me?
- From warm-hearted hostesses to in-flight strippers
- Beautiful beehives and feminist consciousness.