Painting colourful prisons of power : a study of Chinese foreign manicurists in nail salons in Singapore.

• Main Author: Lim, Emmaline Zi Wei.
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social behavior
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/43820
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Power is understood to be a ubiquitous element that could be harnessed and perceived by different actors in different situational interactions. In this paper, my study is focused on the understanding and depicting the power of foreign Chinese manicurists within the premises of the salon. I would be...