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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cotten, Trystan T., 1968-

Springer, Kimberly, 1970-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Winfrey, Oprah.

United States--Civilization--1970-.

United States.

Civilization.

Winfrey, Oprah--Influence.

Physical Description:

xix, 188 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2010]

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781604734072

1604734078

OCLC:

320196652