Going Rich, Returning Poor: The Reproduction of Social Differences at 30,000 Feet of High

ALDO MERLINO

Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies

SAGE

Año: 2015 vol. 15 p. 440 - 445

In this article, I present an autoethnographic reflection on my experience as a traveler in a commercial flight. I describe my mixed feelings as an accidental first-class traveler and as an economy-class traveler. I compare the two situations while reflecting on the reproduction of social differences in a social space such as a plane. In addition, the voices of some characters are brought to the text.