Managed hand, the: race, gender, and the body in beauty service work
Auteur :
Kang, Miliann
Éditeur :
University of California Press
ISBN :
9780520262584
Date de publication :
2 juin 2010
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
635 g
Format :
Cloth over boards
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
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.