Table of Contents: The managed hand

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kang, Miliann.
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
Subjects:	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.
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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?.