Spectacular morality: 'Reality' television, individualisation and the remaking of the working class

The Media and Social Theory

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 177-193

  Wood, Helen ^a   Skeggs, Bev ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203930472     Document Type: Chapter

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