Deregulating Desire: Flight Attendant Activism, Family Politics, and Workplace Justice

by Ryan Patrick Murphy

Book Overview

In 1975, National Airlines was shut down for 127 days when flight attendants went on strike to protest long hours and low pay. Activists at National and many other U.S. airlines sought to win political power and material resources for people who live beyond the boundary of the traditional family. In Deregulating Desire, Ryan Patrick Murphy, a former flight attendant himself, chronicles the efforts of single women, unmarried parents, lesbians...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143990989X
• ISBN13: 9781439909898
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"