Airplane Mode

An Irreverent History of Travel

Staff Pick
Product image

By Shahnaz Habib

Loved by our collective!

Airplane Mode pokes thoughtfully at the assumptions and supremacies underlying the tourism industry, troubling distinctions of tourist vs. traveler vs. migrant, and observer vs. observed. Habib delivers her critique with the knowing wink of someone who deeply loves the subject matter and sees herself in even the cringiest tourist impulses. This engrossing text made me confront the origins of the passport (spoiler, it's not great!), the "ugly American" sins I have perpetrated abroad, and the forces of human nature that motivate each cramped, stuffy journey through the sky. 

Content warnings: discussions of colonial violence including slavery and indenture

Esmé, Firestorm Collective member

Product Details

Hardcover
288 pages
ISBN
9781646220151
Publisher
Catapult (12/5/23)
Dimensions
5.8 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches

Not Available

This item is not currently available. Feel free to contact us for more information.

Suggested Companions