The Managed Hand

Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Manicuring Work 1. There's No Like the Nail Business 2. Other Work Is There?: Manicurists 3. Hooked on Nails: Customers 4. I Just Put Koreans and Nails Together: Nail Spas and the Model Minority 5. Black People Have Not Been the Ones Who Get Pampered: Nail Art Salons and Black-Korean Relations 6. You Could Get a Fungus: Asian Discount Nail Salons as the New Yellow Peril Conclusion: What Is a Manicure Worth? Notes References Index

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