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

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.

List of contents

Foreword - by Joe Feagin
Preface
1: Introduction
2: Trapped at 30,000 Feet: Infiltrating White Space
3: On Display at all Times: Flight Attendants
4: Emotional Labor and Systemic Racism
5: The Emotional Labor of Coping and Resistance
6: Conclusion
References
Index

About the author

Louwanda Evans is assistant professor of sociology at Millsaps College. She has published articles in The American Behavioral Scientist, Contemporary Sociology, and The Encyclopedia of International Education.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Louwanda Evans
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.08.2013
• EAN: 9781442221352
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-2135-2
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Perspectives on a Multiracial America; Perspectives on a Multiracial America; Perspectives on a Multiracial
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories