Cabin pressure : African American pilots, flight attendants, and emotional labor /

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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Evans, Louwanda, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, [2013]
Series:Perspectives on a multiracial America series.
Subjects:
Airlines > United States > Employees.
African American professional employees.
Racism > United States.
African American air pilots.
Flight attendents.
Compagnies de transport aérien > Personnel > États-Unis.
Professionnels salariés noirs américains.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Pilotes d'aéronef noirs américains.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
African American air pilots
African American professional employees
Airlines > Employees
Flight attendants
Race relations
Racism
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xx, 153 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) and index.
ISBN:9781442221369
1442221364
1299797660
9781299797666

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