Manufacturing Desire: Media, Popular Culture, and Everyday Life 1351507095, 9781351507097

The average person in America watches four hours of television per day and spends the equivalent of nine years of his or

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Manufacturing Desire: Media, Popular Culture, and Everyday Life
1351507095, 9781351507097

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