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- 2011-02-18
- ISBN
- 9780520267527
- EAN
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- Book Title
- Oprah : the Gospel of an Icon
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Religion, Social Science
- Topic
- Rich & Famous, Popular Culture, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Christianity / General, History, Sociology of Religion
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 14.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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"Today on Oprah ," intoned the TV announcer, and all over America viewers tuned 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 reflection of religion in modern society. Lofton shows that when Oprah liked, needed, or believed something, she offered her audience nothing less than spiritual revolution, reinforced by practices that fuse consumer behavior, celebrity ambition, and religious idiom. In short, Oprah Winfrey is a media messiah for a secular age. Lofton's unique approach also situates the Oprah enterprise culturally, illuminating how Winfrey reflects and continues historical patterns of American religions.
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University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520267524
ISBN-13
9780520267527
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99612096
Product Key Features
Book Title
Oprah : the Gospel of an Icon
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, Popular Culture, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Christianity / General, History, Sociology of Religion
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Religion, Social Science
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.7in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
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Bl2525.L65 2010
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_Vitally important, both as an addition to cultural studies in general, and a challenge to the question of how to study American religion. Not only does she break new ground in thoughtful cultural analysis of a complicated American icon, she helps to solidify the potential for a new category of interdisciplinary religious studies scholarship._, [Lofton's] authorial voice is, by turns, instructing, funny, ironic, snide, brilliantly analytical, undeniably astute . . . and feisty., _If you read it [Oprah], you won't think about the connection between religion and consumer culture the same way again._, Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon is an important addition to the study of religion in America because it takes into account the religious impact of popular media. . . . What Lofton is advocating is that popular culture contains within it people and performances that shape religion in America., _[Lofton_s] authorial voice is, by turns, instructing, funny, ironic, snide, brilliantly analytical, undeniably astute . . . and feisty._, Lofton's careful and engaging work is sure to warrant responses. How wonderful that this book is the one to set the stage., "Budding and active scholars of cultural, popular, and religious studies will read with interest."-- Library Journal, "If you read it [Oprah], you won't think about the connection between religion and consumer culture the same way again."-- Patheos, If you read it [Oprah], you won't think about the connection between religion and consumer culture the same way again., "A fascinating study of the modern-day deity's 25 years as the world's most beloved BFF, exhaustively researched and elegantly considered. Buy it for the smartest Oprah fan you know."-- Madison, "Makes a powerful case for viewing Oprah as a significant moment in religious culture."-- Catholic Herald, _A fascinating study of the modern-day deity_s 25 years as the world_s most beloved BFF, exhaustively researched and elegantly considered. Buy it for the smartest Oprah fan you know._, Vitally important, both as an addition to cultural studies in general, and a challenge to the question of how to study American religion. Not only does she break new ground in thoughtful cultural analysis of a complicated American icon, she helps to solidify the potential for a new category of interdisciplinary religious studies scholarship., A fascinating study of the modern-day deity's 25 years as the world's most beloved BFF, exhaustively researched and elegantly considered. Buy it for the smartest Oprah fan you know., _Lofton_s careful and engaging work is sure to warrant responses. How wonderful that this book is the one to set the stage._, Thoroughly researches, engagingly written, deftly weaving together major currents of US religious and cultural history, Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon will hold great interest for students and scholars in religious studies, American studies, and media and cultural studies, but Winfrey's fans may also enjoy this lively exegesis of their heroine.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Practicing Purchase: The Prosperity Gospel of a Spiritual Capitalism 2. Celebrity Spirit: The Incorporation of Your Best Life 3. Diverting Conversions: The Makeover as Social Rite 4. Preacher Queen: The Race and Gender of America's Confessor 5. Reading Religiously: The Reformations of Oprah's Book Club 6. Missionary Gift: The Globalization of Inspiration Conclusion Epilogue: Political Spirituality, or the Oprahfication of Obama Notes Index
Copyright Date
2011
Lccn
2010-022319
Dewey Decimal
306.60973/090511
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Trade
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22
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