Cabin pressure : African American pilots, flight attendants, and emotional labor /
From African American pilots being asked to carry people's luggage to patrons refusing drinks from black flight attendants, Cabin Pressure demonstrates that racism is still very much alive in the "friendly skies." The book draws on interviews with African Americans in the flight indus...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Lanham :
Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated,
[2013]
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Colección: | Perspectives on a multiracial America series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | From African American pilots being asked to carry people's luggage to patrons refusing drinks from black flight attendants, Cabin Pressure demonstrates that racism is still very much alive in the "friendly skies." The book draws on interviews with African Americans in the flight industry to examine the emotional labor involved in a business that offers prestige, but also a history that excludes people of color. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xx, 153 pages). |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index. |
ISBN: | 9781442221369 1442221364 1299797660 9781299797666 |