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Author Lewis, Tania.

Title Smart living : lifestyle media and popular expertise / Tania Lewis
Published New York : Peter Lang, [2008]
©2008

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 MELB  646.70091821 Lew/Sll  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 169 pages ; 23 cm
Series Popular culture & everyday life, 1529-2428 ; v. 15
Popular culture & everyday life ; v. 15
Contents Introducing the lifestyle expert : Zen and the art of spot removal -- From manners to makeovers : a history of modern lifestyle advice -- Eating expertise : from nutritionists to TV chefs -- 'He needs to face his fears with these five queers!' : Queer eye for the straight guy, makeover TV, and the lifestyle expert -- Honey we're killing the kids : producing lifestyle TV in Australia -- DIY lifestyles? : health, lifestyle media, and the reflexive consumer -- Lifestyle, Inc. : celebrity, branding, and ordinary expertise
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-162) and index
Subject Lifestyles -- United States.
Popular culture -- United States.
Makeover television programs -- United States.
Television -- Social aspects -- United States.
LC no. 2007027971
ISBN 9780820486789
0820486787
9780820486772 (paperback: alk. paper)
0820486779 (paperback: alk. paper)