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?.