Victoria Vantoch

The Jet Sex

Airline Stewardesses and the Making of an American Icon

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 271mm x 161mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 618g
• ISBN-13: 9780812244816
• ISBN-10: 0812244818
• Artikelnr.: 36939043

Autorenporträt

Victoria Vantoch is a journalist and historian whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, and the Los Angeles Times. She is the author of The Threesome Handbook and has a doctorate in history from the University of Southern California.

Inhaltsangabe

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