ISBN:
9780520945654
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 309 p.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
391.6
Keywords:
Gesellschaft
;
Beauty culture Social aspects
;
Korean American women Employment
;
Women foreign workers
;
Asian Americans Social conditions
;
Ausländische Arbeitnehmerin
;
Kosmetik
;
Auswanderin
;
USA
;
USA
;
Korea
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
USA
;
Ausländische Arbeitnehmerin
;
Kosmetik
;
Korea
;
Auswanderin
Description / 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?
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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