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The managed hand

by Kang, Miliann.
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : University of California Press, (Berkeley :) Physical details: xv, 309 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Beauty culture -- Social aspects -- United States. | Korean American women -- Employment -- United States. | Women foreign workers -- United States. | Asian Americans -- Social conditions. | United States -- Race relations. | Electronic books.
Year: 2010
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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?.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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