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The Jet Sex – Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon de Victoria Vantoch

The Jet Sex – Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon

Autor Victoria Vantoch
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 apr 2013
Victoria Vantoch takes us on a fascinating journey into the golden era of air travel. The Jet Sex explores the much-mythologized stewardess within the context of the Cold War, globalization, and the emerging culture of glamour to reveal how beauty and sexuality were critical to national identity and international politics.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780812244816
ISBN-10: 0812244818
Pagini: 296
Dimensiuni: 161 x 236 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: MT – University of Pennsylvania Press

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Cuprins

Introduction Chapter 1. Flying Nurses, Lady Pilots, and the Rise of Commercial Aviation Chapter 2. The Rise of the Stewardess Chapter 3. Breaking the Race Barrier Chapter 4. A New Jet-Winged World Chapter 5. Vodka, Tea, or Me? Chapter 6. From Warm-Hearted Hostesses to In-Flight Strippers Chapter 7. Beautiful Beehives and Feminist Consciousness Notes Index Note on Sources Acknowledgments

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"The Jet Sex is an impressive study of the stewardess as an American icon and a real human being. Those of us who came of age in the 1950s and 1960s can't help but remember her appeal as a model of beauty and of service in the magical realm of flying. Written in sprightly and compelling prose, the book should appeal both to scholars and to the general public."-Lois Banner, author of Marilyn: The Passion and the Paradox "An original, evocative, and informative work that explores provocative questions about the place of the stewardess in American culture. With a flair for storytelling and for capturing the experiences of individual stewardesses, Victoria Vantoch also gives us a rich description of the development of a profession, the development of an industry, and the curious ways in which gender factored in at every turn."-Jennifer Scanlon, author of Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown