Blog ambition: Fashion, feelings, and the political economy of the digital raced body

Camera Obscura

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-37

  Pham, Minh Ha T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 79957494084     PISSN: 02705346     EISSN: 15291510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/02705346-2010-013     Document Type: Review

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