Insecure: Narratives and economies of the branded self in transformation television

Continuum

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 495-504

  Hearn, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 77649230762     PISSN: 10304312     EISSN: 14693666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10304310802189972     Document Type: Article

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