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001 2009035369
003 DLC
005 20101027083142.0
008 090903s2010 caua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009035369
020 $a9780520262584 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $a9780520262607 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aTT958$b.K36 2010
082 00 $a391.6$222
100 1 $aKang, Miliann.
245 14 $aThe managed hand :$brace, gender, and the body in beauty service work /$cMiliann Kang.
260 $aBerkeley :$bUniversity of California Press,$cc2010.
300 $axv, 309 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 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?
650 0 $aBeauty culture$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aKorean American women$xEmployment$zUnited States.
650 0 $aWomen immigrants$xEmployment$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAsian Americans$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations.