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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 the first time at these intimate encounters, focusing on New York City, where such nail salons have become ubiquitous. Drawing from rich and compelling interviews, Miliann Kang takes us inside the nail industry, asking such questions as: Why have nail salons become so popular? Why do so many Asian women, and Korean women in particular, provide these services? Kang discovers multiple motivations for the manicure-from the pampering of white middle class women to the artistic self-expression of working class African American women to the mass consumption of body-related services. Contrary to notions of beauty service establishments as spaces for building community among women, The Managed Hand finds that while tentative and fragile solidarities can emerge across the manicure table, they generally give way to even more powerful divisions of race, class, and immigration.

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. --- Beauty culture --- Korean American women --- Women immigrants --- Asian Americans --- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Arts & Crafts --- Social aspects --- Employment --- Social conditions --- Immigrant women --- Immigrants --- Women, Korean American --- Women --- Cosmetology --- Beauty, Personal --- Beauty shops --- Cosmetics --- Nail art (Manicuring) --- Manicuring --- Body art --- Nail designs (Manicuring) --- Nails (Anatomy) --- Care and hygiene --- 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.

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Social problems in literature --- American poetry --- Poetry --- Literature and society --- History and criticism --- Social aspects --- History --- Social problems in literature. --- History and criticism. --- American poetry - History and criticism --- Poetry - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century --- Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century

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A reflection on the metaphor of the body politic throughout American history

Deleuze, Gilles. --- Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995. --- Human body - Political aspects - United States. --- Human body -- Political aspects -- United States. --- Human body - Social aspects - United States. --- Human body -- Social aspects -- United States. --- Human body (Philosophy). --- Human body in literature. --- Literature and society - United States. --- Literature and society -- United States. --- Political science - United States - Philosophy. --- Political science -- United States -- Philosophy. --- Politics and literature - United States. --- Politics and literature -- United States. --- Human body (Philosophy) --- Human body --- Political science --- Human body in literature --- Literature and society --- Politics and literature --- Philosophy & Religion --- Philosophy --- Political aspects --- Social aspects --- Body, Human --- Body, Human (Philosophy) --- Literature --- Literature and politics --- Literature and sociology --- Society and literature --- Sociology and literature --- Body, Human, in literature --- Human figure in literature --- Philosophy. --- Deleuze, Gilles, --- Human beings --- Body image --- Human anatomy --- Human physiology --- Mind and body --- Administration --- Civil government --- Commonwealth, The --- Government --- Political theory --- Political thought --- Politics --- Science, Political --- Social sciences --- State, The --- Deleuze, G. --- Delëz, Zhilʹ, --- Dūlūz, Jīl, --- دولوز، جيل --- Delezi, Jier,

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Unmarried couples --- Legal status, laws, etc --- Social aspects --- -347.628 <73> --- Cohabitation --- Domestic partners --- Living together --- Couples --- Common law marriage --- Free love --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- -Samenwonen. Partnerschap. Concubinaat. Schijnhuwelijk. --(huwelijksrecht)--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- 347.628 <73> Samenwonen. Partnerschap. Concubinaat. Schijnhuwelijk. --(huwelijksrecht)--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- Samenwonen. Partnerschap. Concubinaat. Schijnhuwelijk. --(huwelijksrecht)--Verenigde Staten van Amerika. VSA. USA --- 347.628 <73> --- Domestic relations --- Unmarried couples - Legal status, laws, etc - United States --- Unmarried couples - Social aspects - United States --- Unmarried couples - Legal status, laws, etc --- Etats-Unis --- Canada --- Australie --- France --- Pays-Bas --- Suède --- Royaume-Uni

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Racism in America is most-commonly studied as white racism against minority groups (racial, gender, cultural). Often overlooked in this area of study is the discrimination that exists within minority groups. Through a detailed historical and sociological analysis, the author breaks down these pernicious, complex, and often misunderstood forms of skin color discrimination: their origins and their manifestations in modern world. Shedding new light on these sensitive issues, this volume will allow them to come to the forefront of academic research and open dialogue. This comprehensive work will include coverage of skin color discrimination within racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender minority groups, and their particular forms and consequences. An Historical Analysis of Skin Color Discrimination is an timely and unique book for researchers studying the Sociology of Race and Racism, Gender Studies, LGBT Studies, Immigration, or Social Work. .

Human skin color -- Social aspects -- United States. --- Minorities -- United States. --- Physical-appearance-based bias -- United States. --- Racism -- United States -- History. --- United States -- Race relations. --- Colorism --- Human skin color --- Racism --- Minorities --- Physical-appearance-based bias --- Sociology & Social History --- Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Anthropology --- Physical Anthropology --- Social Change --- Ethnic & Race Studies --- Social Sciences --- Social aspects --- History --- Social aspects. --- History. --- Appearance-based bias --- Appearance-based discrimination --- Appearance bias --- Appearance discrimination --- Body-size bias --- Look-ism --- Lookism --- Looks-ism --- Looksism --- Physical appearance discrimination --- Size bias, Body --- Size discrimination --- Sizeism --- Sizism --- Color of human beings --- Color of man --- Human beings --- Pigmentation of human skin --- Skin --- Skin color, Human --- Skin pigmentation, Human --- Color --- Social sciences. --- Anthropology. --- Social work. --- Sociology. --- Social Sciences. --- Sociology, general. --- Social Work. --- Discrimination --- Benevolent institutions --- Philanthropy --- Relief stations (for the poor) --- Social service agencies --- Social welfare --- Social work --- Human services --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- United States --- Race relations. --- Race question --- Primitive societies