The Managed Hand: Race, gender, and the body in beauty services work/ Miliann Kang
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TextPublication details: California: Berkeley and Los Angeles, 2010Description: 309 pISBN: 9780520262584DDC classification: 391.6
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Manicuring Work
1. "There's No Business Like the Nail Business"
2. "What Other Work Is There?": Manicurists
3. Hooked on Nails: Customers
4. "I Just Put Koreans and Nails Together": Nail Spas and the Model Minority
5. Black People "Have Not Been the Ones Who Get Pampered": Nail Art Salons and Black-Korean Relations
6. "You Could Get a Fungus": Asian Discount Nail Salons as the New Yellow Peril Conclusion: What Is a Manicure Worth? Notes References Index
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Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Manicuring Work
1. "There's No Business Like the Nail Business"
2. "What Other Work Is There?": Manicurists
3. Hooked on Nails: Customers
4. "I Just Put Koreans and Nails Together": Nail Spas and the Model Minority
5. Black People "Have Not Been the Ones Who Get Pampered": Nail Art Salons and Black-Korean Relations
6. "You Could Get a Fungus": Asian Discount Nail Salons as the New Yellow Peril Conclusion: What Is a Manicure Worth? Notes References Index
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