The Managed Hand : Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work / / Miliann Kang |
Autore | Kang Miliann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 391.6 |
Soggetto topico |
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 Art, Architecture & Applied Arts Arts & Crafts |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-09501-6
9786613520449 0-520-94565-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460966603321 |
Kang Miliann | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The managed hand : race, gender, and the body in beauty service work / / Miliann Kang |
Autore | Kang Miliann |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 309 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 391.6 |
Soggetto topico |
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 Nail art (Manicuring) - Social aspects - United States Art, Architecture & Applied Arts Arts & Crafts |
Soggetto non controllato |
african american women
art asian american asian immigrants asian women beauty service work body services body class differences consumption divisions of race ethnography gender issues gender immigrant workers interviews korean women manicures nail industry nail salons new york city nonfiction pampering race issues self care self expression service careers social science united states white middle class women women working class |
ISBN |
1-280-09501-6
9786613520449 0-520-94565-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790598203321 |
Kang Miliann | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The managed hand : race, gender, and the body in beauty service work / / Miliann Kang |
Autore | Kang Miliann |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xv, 309 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 391.6 |
Soggetto topico |
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 Nail art (Manicuring) - Social aspects - United States Art, Architecture & Applied Arts Arts & Crafts |
Soggetto non controllato |
african american women
art asian american asian immigrants asian women beauty service work body services body class differences consumption divisions of race ethnography gender issues gender immigrant workers interviews korean women manicures nail industry nail salons new york city nonfiction pampering race issues self care self expression service careers social science united states white middle class women women working class |
ISBN |
1-280-09501-6
9786613520449 0-520-94565-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 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 -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824217303321 |
Kang Miliann | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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