Fashioning race for the free market on America's next top model

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-343

  Hasinoff, Amy Adele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

America's Next Top Model; Gender; Neoliberalism; Race; Reality TV

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749110567     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295030802192012     Document Type: Article

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