There's a beautiful girl under all of this: Performing hegemonic femininity in reality television

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-266

  Marwick, Alice ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body work; Feminist media theory; Makeovers; Plastic surgery; Reality television

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954852526     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295030903583515     Document Type: Article

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