Social Drama in the Spectacle of Femininity: The Performance of Weight Loss in the Weight Watchers' Program

Women's Studies in Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-312

  Lockford, Lesa ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346510433     PISSN: 07491409     EISSN: 2152999X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07491409.1996.11089817     Document Type: Article

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