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

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Two women, virtual strangers, sit hand-in-hand across a narrow table, both intent on the same thing-achieving the perfect manicure. Encounters like this occur thousands of times across the United States in nail salons increasingly owned and operated by Asian immigrants. This study looks closely for...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kang, Miliann
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2010.
Temas:
Beauty culture > Social aspects > United States.
Korean American women > Employment > United States.
Manicuring > Social aspects > United States.
Nail art (Manicuring) > Social aspects > United States.
Women foreign workers > United States.
Asian Americans > Social conditions.
Américaines d'origine coréenne > Travail > États-Unis.
Manucure > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Art des ongles > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Travailleuses étrangères > États-Unis.
Américains d'origine asiatique > Conditions sociales.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Beauty & Grooming.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Korean American women > Employment.
Race relations.
Women foreign workers.
Schoonheidsideaal.
Vrouwen.
Immigranten.
Verzorgende beroepen.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Skönhetsvård > sociala aspekter > Förenta staterna.
Invandrarkvinnor > arbete och arbetsmarknad > Förenta staterna.
Rasrelationer > Förenta Staterna.
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States.
Azië
Verenigde Staten.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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