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The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work
Miliann Kang
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Paperback. 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 increasingly owned and operated by Asian immigrants. This study looks at these intimate encounters, focusing on New York City. Num Pages: 328 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: KNSX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
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 increasingly 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 ... Read more
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 increasingly 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520262607
SKU
V9780520262607
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About Miliann Kang
Miliann Kang is Assistant Professor of Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and affiliated faculty in Sociology and Asian/Asian American Studies.
Reviews for The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work
Overall Kang has written an exceptionally well-argued, insightful book. American Journal Of Sociology / AJS