Stories of Oprah : the Oprahfication of American culture / edited by Trystan T. Cotten and Kimberly Springer.

Other author Cotten, Trystan T., 1968-
Other author Springer, Kimberly, 1970-
Format Book
Publication InfoJackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2010.
Descriptionxix, 188 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Winfrey, Oprah--Influence.
United States--Civilization. --1970-.

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009022458
ISBN9781604734072 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1604734078 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E169.12 .S842 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold