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‘Perfect skin’, ‘pretty skinny’: girls' embodied identities and post-feminist popular culture

Sue JacksonSchool of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New ZealandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tiina VaresSociology Department, School of Social and Political Science, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New ZealandView further author information
Pages 347-360 | Received 10 Feb 2013, Accepted 23 Jul 2013, Published online: 03 Oct 2013

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