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 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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: Evans, Louwanda
Published: 08/16/2013
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 9781442221352
Pages: 153
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 0.70d