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1. Explain what Kang means when she writes that “everyday manicuring interactions both conceal and reproduce” a range of inequalities (p. 5). How do manicurists challenge these inequalities when they provide pampering, expressive and routinized service?

2. Kang argues that a manicure is the “buying and selling of deference and attentiveness” (p. 134). Discuss how this is similar or different for restaurant servers and manicurists in the three different types of salons, and in some of the restaurants discussed in Dish.

3. Discuss whether some interest alliances (worker-worker, worker-customer, worker-manager) have greater potential for the improvement of working conditions in nail salon work than others. Provide specific examples in making your argument.