Managed Hand Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work

Name: Managed Hand Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work
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ISBN: 9780520262607

ISBN-10: 0520262603

ISBN-13: 9780520262607

Edition: 2010

Authors: Miliann Kang

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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 overwhelmingly owned and operated by Asian immigrants. This study looks closely for the first time at these intimate encounters, focusing on New York City, where such nail salons have become ubiquitous. Drawing from rich and compelling interviews, Miliann Kang takes us inside the nail industry, asking such questions as: Why have nail salons become so popular? Why do so many Asian women, and Korean women in particular, provide these services? Kang discovers multiple motivations…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/2/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


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?


Notes


References


Index