Winyann and Affective Performance among Female Thai Flight Attendants

© 2016 The Australian National University. Building on Hochschild's concept of emotional work and Sarah Ahmed's theory of affective economy, this paper examines the ways in which female Thai flight attendants mobilise winyann—a Buddhist notion of soul, but applied to airline professionalis...

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Main Author:	Arratee Ayuttacorn
Format:	Journal
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Social Sciences
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spelling	th-cmuir.6653943832-563292018-09-05T03:15:02Z Winyann and Affective Performance among Female Thai Flight Attendants Arratee Ayuttacorn Social Sciences © 2016 The Australian National University. Building on Hochschild's concept of emotional work and Sarah Ahmed's theory of affective economy, this paper examines the ways in which female Thai flight attendants mobilise winyann—a Buddhist notion of soul, but applied to airline professionalism—to perform their duties and manage work-related crises. Ethnographic evidence shows that Buddhist concepts of soul and suffering are used to transcend difficult situations in the air, paradoxically creating value for the corporation while still allowing women to experience personal integrity through embodied performances of affect in their professional lives. 2018-09-05T03:15:02Z 2018-09-05T03:15:02Z 2016-01-01 Journal 17409314 14442213 2-s2.0-84958153454 10.1080/14442213.2015.1119186 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84958153454&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/56329
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description	© 2016 The Australian National University. Building on Hochschild's concept of emotional work and Sarah Ahmed's theory of affective economy, this paper examines the ways in which female Thai flight attendants mobilise winyann—a Buddhist notion of soul, but applied to airline professionalism—to perform their duties and manage work-related crises. Ethnographic evidence shows that Buddhist concepts of soul and suffering are used to transcend difficult situations in the air, paradoxically creating value for the corporation while still allowing women to experience personal integrity through embodied performances of affect in their professional lives.
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author	Arratee Ayuttacorn
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title	Winyann and Affective Performance among Female Thai Flight Attendants
title_short	Winyann and Affective Performance among Female Thai Flight Attendants
title_full	Winyann and Affective Performance among Female Thai Flight Attendants
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