Manicures as Transnational Body Labor
Manicures as Transnational Body Labor
Based on interviews and participant observations with nail salon owners, workers, customers, and advocates, in addition to analysis of media representations, this chapter expands the concept of “body labor” to explore the dynamics of emerging circuits of “transnational body labor” that connect Asian workers to immigrant niches in the United States, and increasingly forge material and aesthetic ties back to Asia.
Keywords: nail salons, transnational body labor, body labor, Asian workers
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