“Help is on the way!”: Supernanny, nanny 911, and the neoliberal politics of the family

The Great American Makeover: Television, History, Nation

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 175-191

  Becker, Ron ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011779716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780312376178     Document Type: Chapter

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