A moment like this: American idol and narratives of meritocracy

Bad Music: The Music We Love to Hate

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 212-232

  Stahl, Matthew Wheelock ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203309049     Document Type: Chapter

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