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Epidemics of will, failures of self-esteem: Responding to fat bodies in The Biggest Loser and What Not to Wear

Katherine Sender Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Margaret Sullivan Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Pages 573-584 | Published online: 04 Aug 2008

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