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The moral economy of person production: The class relations of self-performance on 'reality' television

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The moral economy of person production: The class relations of self-performance on 'reality' television. / Skeggs, Beverley.
In: Sociological Review, Vol. 57, No. 4, 17.11.2009, p. 626-644.

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Skeggs, B 2009, 'The moral economy of person production: The class relations of self-performance on 'reality' television', Sociological Review, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 626-644. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01865.x

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Skeggs, B. (2009). The moral economy of person production: The class relations of self-performance on 'reality' television. Sociological Review, 57(4), 626-644. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01865.x

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Skeggs B. The moral economy of person production: The class relations of self-performance on 'reality' television. Sociological Review. 2009 Nov 17;57(4):626-644. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2009.01865.x

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Skeggs, Beverley. / The moral economy of person production : The class relations of self-performance on 'reality' television. In: Sociological Review. 2009 ; Vol. 57, No. 4. pp. 626-644.

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