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Stories of Oprah : the Oprahfication of American culture /
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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autres auteurs: | , |
| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Jackson :
University Press of Mississippi,
c2010.
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| Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Global Cultural Studies. Project MUSE - Archive American Studies Foundation. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xix, 188 p.) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781604734089 1604734086 1282485636 9781282485631 9786612485633 6612485639 |