Air Male
Exploring Flight Attendant Masculinities in North America and Thailand
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2175000 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Josalyn M Ferguson (0000-0002-7682-161X, Ferguson Library, corresponding author), Jane M Ferguson, A Ayuttacorn (0000-0001-8549-1950) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 328-343 |
| Publication date | 2019-08-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Canberra Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0314-9099 • E-ISSN: 1740-9314 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14442213.2019.1634137 |
| OpenAlex | W2954062808 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 29 |
Flight attendant work, although now referred to with gender-neutral terminology, continues to be archetypically feminine. Male flight attendants are often assumed to be gay, which frequently includes an emasculated, hyper-sexualised dimension to the stereotyped minority within the female-dominated occupation. The ways in which straight men navigate this occupation and its gendered/hypersexualised connotations problematises both the notions of a gay community as well as flight attendant work as inherently or necessarily feminine. Based on ethnography amongst flight attendants who work for two international airlines, this paper considers how notions of masculinity and heteronormativity operate in a feminised occupational role and how workplace dynamics affect gendered senses of self and relations with others, including with coworkers and in the public
Affect (linguistics) · Ethnography · Heteronormativity · Linguistics · Masculinity · Political science · Queer · Sociology · Terminology · Work (physics) · Engineering · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Sports, Gender, and Society
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Metaphors of masculinity
Femininity in Flight
Plane Queer
The Lesbian and Gay Studies Reader
The Managed Heart
Airborne Dreams
The semiotics of transgendered sexual identity in the Thai print media
Technology and gay identity
Sky Service
Sexual Systems of Highland Burma/Thailand
Air crafting
From lumberjack to business manager
Token Majority
Culture clash
Plane Queer
A Metrosexual Eye on Queer Guy
Winyannand Affective Performance among Female Thai Flight Attendants
Doing Gender
The Social Structure of the Liquid Self
Trafficking in Men
Emotional Labour and Sexual Difference in the Airline Industry
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |