The managed hand : race, gender, and the body in beauty service work / / Miliann Kang.

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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:xv, 309 p. :; ill.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: manicuring work
  • "There's no business like the nail business"
  • "What other work is there?": manicurists
  • Hooked on nails: customers
  • "I just put Koreans and nails together": nail spas and the model minority
  • Black people "have not been the ones who get pampered": nail art salons and black-Korean relations
  • "You could get a fungus": Asian discount nail salons as the new yellow peril
  • Conclusion: what is a manicure worth?.