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Stories of Oprah :

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1282485636

(Number (ISBN

1604734078

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1604734086

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6612485639

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9781282485631

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9781604734072

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9781604734089

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9786612485633

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b739106

Title Proper

Stories of Oprah :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the Oprahfication of American culture /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Trystan T. Cotten and Kimberly Springer.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Jackson :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University Press of Mississippi,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2010.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xix, 188 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

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.

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Text of Note

Stories of Oprah is a collection of essays that 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 preaching. She packages New Age spirituality through the rhetoric of race, gender, and the black preacher tradition. Oprah's Book.

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JSTOR

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

22573/ctt2kk4k3

Stock Number

33DE856C-FD41-4598-B971-8BB849342C26

Title

Stories of Oprah.

International Standard Book Number

9781604734072

Winfrey, Oprah-- Influence.

Winfrey, Oprah.

Civilization.

HISTORY.

Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.

United States, Civilization, 1970-

United States.

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HIS-- 036060

SOC022000

SOC028000

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Edition

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Book number

Cotten, Trystan T.,1968-

Springer, Kimberly,1970-

Date of Transaction

20201204000756.0

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[Book]

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