05324nam 22009855 450 991046096660332120210114084851.01-280-09501-697866135204490-520-94565-410.1525/9780520945654(CKB)2670000000151409(EBL)861403(OCoLC)777375634(SSID)ssj0000612259(PQKBManifestationID)11362733(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612259(PQKBWorkID)10671514(PQKB)10119745(DE-B1597)518647(OCoLC)1110709004(DE-B1597)9780520945654(MiAaPQ)EBC861403(EXLCZ)99267000000015140920200424h20102010 fg engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Managed Hand Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work /Miliann KangBerkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2010]©20101 online resource (327 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-26258-1 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- One. "There's No Business Like the Nail Business" -- Two. "What Other Work Is There?" -- Three. Hooked on Nails -- Four. "I Just Put Koreans and Nails Together" -- Five. Black People "Have Not Been the Ones Who Get Pampered" -- Six. "You Could Get a Fungus" -- Conclusion. What is a man I cure worth? -- Notes -- References -- IndexTwo 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 in particular, provide these services? Kang discovers multiple motivations for the manicure-from the pampering of white middle class women to the artistic self-expression of working class African American women to the mass consumption of body-related services. Contrary to notions of beauty service establishments as spaces for building community among women, The Managed Hand finds that while tentative and fragile solidarities can emerge across the manicure table, they generally give way to even more powerful divisions of race, class, and immigration.Asian Americans - Social conditionsAsian Americans -- Social conditionsBeauty culture - Social aspects - United StatesBeauty culture -- Social aspects -- United StatesBeauty shops - Social aspects - United StatesBeauty, Personal - Social aspects - United StatesKorean American women - Employment - United StatesKorean American women -- Employment -- United StatesManicuring - Social aspects - United StatesUnited States - Race relationsUnited States -- Race relationsWomen immigrants - Employment - United StatesWomen immigrants -- Employment -- United StatesBeauty cultureSocial aspectsUnited StatesKorean American womenEmploymentUnited StatesWomen immigrantsEmploymentUnited StatesAsian AmericansSocial conditionsArt, Architecture & Applied ArtsHILCCArts & CraftsHILCCElectronic books.Asian Americans - Social conditions.Asian Americans -- Social conditions.Beauty culture - Social aspects - United States.Beauty culture -- Social aspects -- United States.Beauty shops - Social aspects - United States.Beauty, Personal - Social aspects - United States.Korean American women - Employment - United States.Korean American women -- Employment -- United States.Manicuring - Social aspects - United States.United States - Race relations.United States -- Race relations.Women immigrants - Employment - United States.Women immigrants -- Employment -- United States.Beauty cultureSocial aspectsKorean American womenEmploymentWomen immigrantsEmploymentAsian AmericansSocial conditionsArt, Architecture & Applied ArtsArts & Crafts391.6Kang Miliann, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1053240DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910460966603321The Managed Hand2485051UNINA