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

Author/creator Kang, Miliann
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionxv, 309 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009035369
ISBN9780520262584 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780520262607 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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