Oprah : the gospel of an icon

Oprah : the gospel of an icon /

"Today on Oprah," intones the TV announcer, and all over America viewers tune in to learn, empathize, and celebrate. In this book, Kathryn Lofton investigates the Oprah phenomenon and finds in Winfrey's empire--Harpo Productions, O Magazine, and her new television network--an uncanny...

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Main Author: Lofton, Kathryn
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011
Subjects:
Winfrey, Oprah > Influence.
Oprah Winfrey show (Television program)
Religion and culture > United States.
Popular culture > Religious aspects.
Celebrities.
Famous Persons
United States > Religion.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Practicing purchase : the prosperity gospel of a spiritual capitalism
  • Celebrity spirit : the incorporation of your best life
  • Diverting conversions : the makeover as social rite
  • Preacher queen : the race and gender of America's confessor
  • Reading religiously : the reformations of Oprah's Book Club
  • Missionary gift : the globalization of inspiration
  • Conclusion
  • Epilogue : political spirituality, or the Oprahfication of Obama.

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