Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work
by
Miliann Kang
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
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...