Stories of Oprah : the Oprahfication of American culture

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"Stories of Oprah explores Oprah Winfrey's broad reach as an industry and media brand. Contributors analyze a number of topics touching on the ways in which her cultural output shapes contemporary America. The volume examines how Oprah has fashioned a persona - which emphasizes her rural, poverty-stricken roots over other factors - that helps her popularize her unique blend of New Age spirituality, neoliberal politics, and African American preach...

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Winfrey, Oprah Influence

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ISBN:

9781604734072
1604734078

Description:

xix, 188 pages ; 24 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introduction : delineating the contours of the Oprah culture industry / Kimberly Springer
Oprah the woman, Oprah the empire. Beginnings with O / John Howard
"I'm everywoman" : Oprah Winfrey and feminist identification / Jennifer L. Rexroat
New age soul : the gendered translation of new age spirituality on The Oprah Winfrey show / Karlyn Crowley
Contesting the Oprah experts. Post(ed)structuralism? : Oprah's message boards, soul stories, and the everyday lives of women / Sherra Schick
Oprah para mujeres Chicanas : a survey of the impact of Oprah's message on Chicanas / Adriana Katzew and Lilia de Katzew
Confessions from at-risk teens : abstinence, the social construction of promiscuity, and The Oprah Winfrey show / Katherine Gregory
Oprah goes to Africa : philanthropic consumption and political (dis)engagement / Heather Laine Talley and Monica J. Casper
The Oprahfication of media. Oprah and the new news / Kathleen Dixon and Kacie Jossart
The Oprahfication of 9/11 : September 11, the war in Iraq, and The Oprah Winfrey show / Jaap Kooijman
From the Nobel to Oprah : Toni Morrison, body politics, and Oprah's book club / Edith Frampton
Lost in translation : irony and contradiction in Harpo's production of Zora Neale Hurston's Their eyes were watching God / Trystan T. Cotten

LCCN:

2009022458

Control Number:

3387918

Other Authors:

Cotten, Trystan T., 1968- editor
Springer, Kimberly, 1970- editor

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