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The managed hand (Record no. 133394)

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fixed length control field 01974nam a2200385 a 4500
082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 391.6
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME
Personal name Kang, Miliann.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The managed hand
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication Berkeley :
Name of publisher University of California Press,
Year of publication c2010.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Number of Pages xv, 309 p. :
Other physical details ill.
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note 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?.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Term Beauty culture
Topical Term Korean American women
Topical Term Women foreign workers
Topical Term Asian Americans
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10535639

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