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The Managed Hand: Race, Gender, and the Body in Beauty Service Work (1st Edition) by Miliann Kang Paperback, 328 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-520-26260-3 / 0520262603 ISBN-13: 978-0-520-26260-7 / 9780520262607 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 fo |