Size zero high-end ethnic: Cultural production and the reproduction of culture in fashion modeling

Poetics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-46

  Mears, Ashley ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76449091038     PISSN: 0304422X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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