{"product_id":"9798216452324","title":"Flight Attendant","description":"\u003ch3\u003eObject Lessons\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eFlight Attendant\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLori Jakiela | Ian Bogost | Christopher Schaberg\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eObject Lessons is a series of a short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by a veteran flight attendant who ultimately left for a life on the ground, Lori Jakiela pulls back the curtain on a job that has been glamorized, mythologized, sexualized, misrepresented, and misunderstood. \u003ci\u003eFlight Attendant\u003c\/i\u003e unveils the truth about the not-always-friendly skies and the realities of working in a profession that has mediated our experience of being in the air from the golden age of Pan Am 747's to today's long-haul economy cabins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlight Attendant\u003c\/i\u003e offers an insider's look at a sometimes magical, but often heart-wrenching and challenging career in an embattled industry built on the dream that flight equals freedom, and that travel, wherever we take off and wherever we land, enriches our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLori Jakiela\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg, USA. She was an international flight attendant for Delta Air Lines from 1994-2001 and has written about her experiences as a flight attendant in multiple books, including \u003ci\u003eMiss New York Has Everything \u003c\/i\u003e(2006), \u003ci\u003eSpot the Terrorist: Poems \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), and \u003ci\u003eBelief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe \u003c\/i\u003e(2016). Her writing has also appeared in \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburgh Quarterly, \u003c\/i\u003ethe Modern Love column in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post, Belt Magazine, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, \u003c\/i\u003eand other outlets.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e13 May 2027\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9798216452324\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223602102412,"sku":"9798216452324","price":13.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9798216452324","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}