"starving is the most fun a girl can have": The pro-ana subculture as edgework

Critical Criminology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-108

  Gailey, Jeannine A ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67349166618     PISSN: 12058629     EISSN: 15729877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10612-009-9074-z     Document Type: Article

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