Omslagsbillede

QR Code

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

Saved in:

Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter:	Kang, Miliann
Institution som forfatter:	ebrary, Inc
Format:	Electronisk eBog
Sprog:	engelsk
Udgivet:	Berkeley : University of California Press, c2010.
Fag:	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.
Online adgang:	An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Tags:	Tilføj Tag Ingen Tags, Vær først til at tagge denne postø!

Indholdsfortegnelse:

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?.