Cosmetic surgery and the televisual makeover: A foucauldian feminist reading

Feminist Media Studies

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-32

  Heyes, Cressida J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 33847240692     PISSN: 14680777     EISSN: 14715902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14680770601103670     Document Type: Article

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