An edition of The managed hand (2010)

The managed hand

race, gender, and the body in beauty service work

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race, gender, and the body in beauty service work

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University of California Press
Language
English
Pages
328

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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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Cover of: Managed Hand
Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work
2010, University of California Press
in English
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Cover of: The managed hand
The managed hand: race, gender, and the body in beauty service work
2010, University of California Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Managed Hand
Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work
2010, University of California Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The managed hand
The managed hand: race, gender, and the body in beauty service work
2010, University of California Press
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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?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Berkeley

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
391.6
Library of Congress
TT958 .K36 2010, TT958.K36 2010

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
328

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OL24044463M
Internet Archive
managedhandraceg0000kang
ISBN 13
9780520262584, 9780520262607
LCCN
2009035369
OCLC/WorldCat
435917950

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