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The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work First Edition
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- ISBN-109780520262607
- ISBN-13978-0520262607
- EditionFirst Edition
- PublisherUniversity of California Press
- Publication dateJune 2, 2010
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
- Print length328 pages
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“Rich and textured account.” ― Women's Review of Books
“A poignant account of the ways those seeking beauty services realize their own sense of self with the assistance of the low-wage immigrant women.” ― Contexts
"A beautifully designed and brilliantly executed study. . . . Skillful analysis . . . An important contribution to the growing literature on 'mundane' beauty practices, as well as to scholarship dealing more generally with the 'body/work nexus.'" ― Social Forces
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"In The Managed Hand, Miliann Kang makes a significant contribution to the existing literature on Asian-American women, gender relations, service workers, beauty and the body. Based on fieldwork in nail salons, Kang reveals the social and emotional negotiations between and amongst women in that setting. We will never look at fingernails and what they tell us about ourselves in the same way again!" Rebecca King-O'Riain, author of Pure Beauty: Judging Race in Japanese American Beauty Pageants
"I enjoyed reading Kang's work so much that I felt disappointed when I finished. The book is a wonderful example of what sociology does best i.e., skillfully examining a relatively small site of interest, such that the analysis speaks not only to matters of individual experience and identity, but also to those of broader social and cultural processes and structures." Debra L. Gimlin, author of Body Work: Beauty and Self-Image in American Culture
"How did manicured nails become such ubiquitous symbols of feminine status? In this innovative and compelling ethnography, Kang unravels the many social consequences of the polished nail, bringing together insights from care work, ethnic enclave entrepreneurship, and gender and migration scholarship to illuminate the growing sector of body labor. All those who would dismiss manicured nails as socially irrelevant should read this book!" Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, author of Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence
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"In The Managed Hand, Miliann Kang makes a significant contribution to the existing literature on Asian-American women, gender relations, service workers, beauty and the body. Based on fieldwork in nail salons, Kang reveals the social and emotional negotiations between and amongst women in that setting. We will never look at fingernails and what they tell us about ourselves in the same way again!"―Rebecca King-O'Riain, author of Pure Beauty: Judging Race in Japanese American Beauty Pageants
"I enjoyed reading Kang's work so much that I felt disappointed when I finished. The book is a wonderful example of what sociology does best―i.e., skillfully examining a relatively small site of interest, such that the analysis speaks not only to matters of individual experience and identity, but also to those of broader social and cultural processes and structures."―Debra L. Gimlin, author of Body Work: Beauty and Self-Image in American Culture
"How did manicured nails become such ubiquitous symbols of feminine status? In this innovative and compelling ethnography, Kang unravels the many social consequences of the polished nail, bringing together insights from care work, ethnic enclave entrepreneurship, and gender and migration scholarship to illuminate the growing sector of body labor. All those who would dismiss manicured nails as socially irrelevant should read this book!"―Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, author of Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence
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- ASIN : 0520262603
- Publisher : University of California Press; First Edition (June 2, 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 328 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780520262607
- ISBN-13 : 978-0520262607
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,299,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I've never understood why so many women today go regularly to get manicures. Read this book and you'll know.
Next time you go to a nail salon, you'll see things differently, and hopefully you'll be successful at giving and getting respect in equal amounts. Nail salon manicurists work quickly at physically demanding yet precise tasks, under often toxic chemical conditions, and they must cater emotionally to their clients' conversational and pampering needs. They risk their bodies for those of other women. Why they do it, how they do it, and what they think of it are all in the book.
The author writes clearly and compellingly, covering all sorts of gender, class, and race topics, but in a way that this layperson totally enjoyed and learned a lot from. Highly recommended!