Epidemics of will, failures of self-esteem: Responding to fat bodies in the biggest loser and what not to wear

Continuum

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 573-584

  Sender, Katherine ^a   Sullivan, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 77955354528     PISSN: 10304312     EISSN: 14693666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10304310802190046     Document Type: Article

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