Overview

Taking a critical approach to the air passenger experience, this book considers the representations, embodied practices and materialities of air travel. Concerned with the politics and social justice issues of travel and mobility, it examines the passenger and their experience of the airport, fellow passengers, flying during the COVID-19 pandemic, and response to the issue of air travel sustainability. It explores the diverse experiences of those with a disability or fear of flying. The volume brings the journey to the fore as a complex and meaningful experience, filling a gap in the social science research of tourist behaviour where, traditionally, the focus has been the destination experience. The book will be of interest to scholars from a range of social science disciplines and fields of study including tourism studies, mobility studies, cultural studies, and disability studies.

Full Product Details

Author:   Jennie Small
Publisher:   Channel View Publications Ltd
Imprint:   Channel View Publications
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781845419011

ISBN 10:   1845419014
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   14 October 2022
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contributors Chapter 1. Jennie Small: Introduction    Chapter 2. Erwin Losekoot and Jennie Small: The Airport Experience Chapter 3. Jennie Small: Passenger–Passenger Interaction   Chapter 4. Jennie Small: Flying and Appearance    Chapter 5. Simon Darcy, Jennie Small and Barbara Almond: Flying into Uncertainty: Part 1 – Flying with Mobility Disability Chapter 6. Jennie Small, Alison McIntosh, Barbara Almond and Simon Darcy: Flying into Uncertainty: Part 2 – Flying with Non-Mobility Disabilities   Chapter 7. Jennie Small and Cheryl Cockburn-Wootten: Fear of Flying Chapter 8. James Higham and Martin Young: The Flyers’ Dilemma: Confronting the Negative Psychological Effects of Air Passenger Travel Chapter 9. Jennie Small: Epilogue Index

Reviews

A very thought-provoking book. It makes you critically reflect on air travel passengers' embodied and emotional practices in contested spaces. It unpacks air travel as a site of power, resistance, rights and responsibilities. By bringing in Covid-19 and the complex matter of mobility justice, it is a timely contribution to tourism theory. * Bente Heimtun, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway *

Author Information

Jennie Small is an Adjunct Fellow of the Management Department, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Her research interest is tourist behaviour from a Critical Tourism perspective with a focus on gender, age, embodiment, disability and mobility, and how these relate to the tourist experience.

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