{"product_id":"airplane-mode-an-irreverent-history-of-travel-paperback","title":"Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShahnaz Habib\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals of Excellence \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis witty personal and cultural history of travel from the perspective of a Third World-raised woman of color, \u003ci\u003eAirplane Mode, \u003c\/i\u003e asks: what does it mean to be a joyous traveler when we live in the ruins of colonialism, capitalism and climate change? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe conditions of travel have long been dictated by the color of passports and the color of skin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Shahnaz Habib, travel and travel writing have always been complicated pleasures. Tracing the power dynamics that underlie tourism, this insightful debut parses who gets to travel, and who gets to write about the experience. All the while, Habib threads the historic but ever-evolving dynamics of travel into her personal history as a child on family vacations in India, an adult curious about the world, and an immigrant for whom round trips are an annual fact of life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWoven throughout the book are inviting and playful analyses of obvious and not-so-obvious travel artifacts: passports, carousels, bougainvilleas, guidebooks, trains, the idea of wanderlust itself. Together, they tell a subversive history of travel as a Euro-American mode of consumerism--but as any traveler knows, travel is more than that. As an immigrant whose loved ones live across continents, Habib takes a deeply curious and joyful look at a troubled and beloved activity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSHAHNAZ HABIB\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and translator based in Brooklyn. She translates from her mother tongue, the south Indian language of Malayalam, and has translated two novels, \u003ci\u003eJasmine Days\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2018 JCB Prize, and \u003ci\u003eAl Arabian Novel Factory\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAirplane Mode\u003c\/i\u003e is her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755539398944,"sku":"9781646222391","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bd230c85de5b3011998933df0f8046eb.webp?v=1780061617","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/airplane-mode-an-irreverent-history-of-travel-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}