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Intersectionality Between Racism and Sexism in the Brazilian Airline Industry: Perceptions and Strategies of Black Women Crewmembers

Intersectionality Between Racism and Sexism in the Brazilian Airline Industry: Perceptions and Strategies of Black Women Crewmembers

Natália Araújo de Oliveira, Cassiana Gabrielli, Gabriela Nicolau dos Santos, Laiara Amorim Borges
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781668441947|ISBN10: 1668441942|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668441954|EISBN13: 9781668441961
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4194-7.ch009
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Oliveira, Natália Araújo de, et al. "Intersectionality Between Racism and Sexism in the Brazilian Airline Industry: Perceptions and Strategies of Black Women Crewmembers." Promoting Social and Cultural Equity in the Tourism Sector, edited by Priscila Cembranel, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 155-176. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4194-7.ch009

APA

Oliveira, N. A., Gabrielli, C., Santos, G. N., & Borges, L. A. (2022). Intersectionality Between Racism and Sexism in the Brazilian Airline Industry: Perceptions and Strategies of Black Women Crewmembers. In P. Cembranel, J. Soares, & A. Perinotto (Eds.), Promoting Social and Cultural Equity in the Tourism Sector (pp. 155-176). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4194-7.ch009

Chicago

Oliveira, Natália Araújo de, et al. "Intersectionality Between Racism and Sexism in the Brazilian Airline Industry: Perceptions and Strategies of Black Women Crewmembers." In Promoting Social and Cultural Equity in the Tourism Sector, edited by Priscila Cembranel, Jakson Renner Rodrigues Soares, and André Riani Costa Perinotto, 155-176. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4194-7.ch009

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Abstract

This work aims to discuss the barriers of access and permanence of Black woman crewmembers in the Brazilian airline industry as well as resistance strategies faced by them. Using intersectionality in a theoretical-methodological way, this research, of qualitative nature, carried out interviews with six Black women of the aforementioned sector. The work revealed how the airline industry is an elitist environment that excludes Black bodies, making use of the domination of structural, cultural, disciplinary, and interpersonal powers in order to give white subjects the advantage. However, it was also possible to perceive strategies of affronting, which involve the union of the Black airline industry workers into a collective—the Quilombo Aéreo—helmed by women who sought to open opportunities for the insertion of more Black people into the airline industry, taking care of the mental health of the ones who already work there, and also be a beacon for support.

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