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      Cabin Pressure: African American Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Emotional Labor

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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...

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      Product ID:9781442221352
      Product Form:Hardback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Perspectives on a Multiracial America
      Title:Cabin Pressure
      Subtitle:African American Pilots, Flight Attendants, and Emotional Labor
      Authors:Author: Louwanda Evans
      Page Count:174
      Subjects:Social discrimination and social justice, Social discrimination & inequality, Social groups, communities and identities, Ethnic studies, Ethnic studies, Social groups, Ethnic studies, Black & Asian studies, USA
      Description: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.
      Imprint Name:Rowman & Littlefield
      Publisher Name:Rowman & Littlefield
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2013-08-16

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      Weight418 g
      Dimensions161 × 236 × 18 mm