Hong Kong Anthropological Society
|
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
ANTHROPOLOGY,
CUHK
AND
THE
HONG
KONG
MUSEUM
OF
HISTORY
PRESENT
15
Dec
2004
Wednesday
7:
00pm
Hong
Kong
Museum
of
History
Lecture
Hall
Ground
Floor
<>
100
Chatham
Road
South
"This is absolutely not the uniform I longed for. It has no charm, no elegance!" exclaimed one my informants, revealing her frustration with her airline employer. Becoming a flight attendant is a dream for many young women. My informants, women from Japan and Britain, invested a great deal of time and money to prepare themselves, beautify, and improve their body shape to realize their dreams. But the reality was often disappointing. The talk will explore the women's experiences and consider why the profession remains highly appealing to young women.
Jessica
Lam
is
currently
an
instructor
at
the
Gender
Studies
Programme,
the
Chinese
University
of
Hong
Kong
and
a
Ph.D.
candidate
at
the
University
of
Tokyo.
She
has
researched
women's
employment
issues
such
as
sexual
harassment
problems
in
Japanese
companies.
Ms.
Lam
has
also
taught
courses
on
Hong
Kong
and
Japanese
women
at
the
University
of
Hong
Kong.