Out for life: Makeover television and the transformation of fitness on Bravo's work out

Continuum

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 525-535

  Heller, Dana ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77953394306     PISSN: 10304312     EISSN: 14693666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10304310802190012     Document Type: Review

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