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The managed hand

race, gender, and the body in beauty service work

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The managed hand
Miliann Kang
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An edition of The managed hand (2010)

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race, gender, and the body in beauty service work

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University of California Press
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Subjects
Beauty culture, Beauty shops, Manicuring, Personal Beauty, Korean American women, Asian Americans, Social conditions, Employment, Race relations, Women immigrants, Invandrarkvinnor, Schoonheidsideaal, Vrouwen, Arbete och arbetsmarknad, Sociala aspekter, Rasrelationer, Immigranten, Verzorgende beroepen, Skönhetsvård, Rassenverhoudingen, Women, employment, united states, Asian americans, United states, race relations, United states, social conditions, Women foreign workers
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The managed hand: race, gender, and the body in beauty service work
2010, University of California Press
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Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work
2010, University of California Press
in English
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The managed hand: race, gender, and the body in beauty service work
2010, University of California Press
in English
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Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work
2010, University of California Press
in English
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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?

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
391.6
Library of Congress
TT958 .K36 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24053183M
ISBN 13
9780520262584, 9780520262607
LCCN
2009035369

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