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Come Fly the World: The Women of Pan Am at War and Peace

Autor Julia Cooke
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 noi 2021
At a time when that 1960s notion of air travel as decadent and exceptional is experiencing an unexpected revival, this book … could be the G&T in a plastic glass you need.’The Spectator
Travel writer Julia Cooke’s exhilarating portrait of Pan Am stewardesses in the Mad Men era.
Come Fly the Worldtells the story of the stewardesses who served on the iconic Pan American Airways between 1966 and 1975 – and of the unseen diplomatic role they played on the world stage.
Alongside the glamour was real danger, as they flew soldiers to and from Vietnam and staffed Operation Babylift – the dramatic evacuation of 2,000 children during the fall of Saigon. Cooke’s storytelling weaves together the true stories of women like Lynne Totten, a science major who decided life in a lab was not for her, to Hazel Bowie, one of the relatively few African American stewardesses of the era, as they embraced the liberation of a jet-set life.
In the process, Cooke shows how the sexualized coffee-tea-or-me stereotype was at odds with the importance of what they did, and with the freedom, power and sisterhood they achieved.
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ISBN-13: 9781785787799
ISBN-10: 1785787799
Pagini: 352
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Icon Books Ltd
Colecția Icon Books Ltd
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Julia Cookeis a journalist, travel writer and contributing editor at Virginia Quarterly Review. Her work has featured inTime,Condé Nast Traveller,SalonandBest Women's Travel Writing (Vol. 9), among many others, and she has taught writing at The New School and Columbia University. Her first book, The Other Side of Paradise (Seal Press) profiled young Cubans in post-Fidel Havana. Cooke’s writing shows a persistent interest in how people—and women, in particular—negotiate individual desires and ambitions within the culture, history, and politics of wherever they call home. She lives in Vermont.

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‘...In confident, clear-eyed, multi-layered prose, Julia Cooke brings to life the true stories of unforgettable Pan-Am stewardesses who defied convention, to seek more from life than they were given. This is a well-researched and fascinating history of air travel, gender equality, and so much more.’
‘Come Fly the World is a pop passport to another time. Take a social history flight with the women of Pan Am.’
‘Before second-wave feminism came along to challenge the admissions policies of law, medical, and business schools, there were stewardesses—women every bit as daring and determined as their later counterparts in the professions, and having more fun... [Come Fly the World is] a rollicking, rambunctious ride down the runway of mid-century modern life.’
'Julia Cooke’s entertaining, sexism-skewering history shows how female flight attendants were also flag-flying diplomats'Financial Times

Cooke is good on the way an industry with rigid, deep-rooted notions about female service, looks and behaviour became a ticket to unparalleled independence … At a time when that 1960s notion of air travel as decadent and exceptional is experiencing an unexpected revival, this book … could be the G&T in a plastic glass you need.’The Spectator