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Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery : An Essay on Popular Culture by Eva Illouz (2003, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherColumbia University Press
ISBN-100231118120
ISBN-139780231118125
eBay Product ID (ePID)30236793
Product Key Features
Number of Pages352 Pages
Publication NameOprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery : an Essay on Popular Culture
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2003
SubjectMedia Studies, Television / History & Criticism, Popular Culture, Entertainment & Performing Arts
TypeTextbook
AuthorEva Illouz
Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight21.2 Oz
Item Length0.9 in
Item Width0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2002-034782
ReviewsOutstanding... its author digs deeper into her subject matter than any other researcher yet to address Oprah., "Outstanding... its author digs deeper into her subject matter than any other researcher yet to address Oprah." -- David W. Park, Journal of Communication, "We should commend Illouz in her willingness to blaze a new, and certainly untested path in anthropological writing." -- Seth Jacobs, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, We should commend Illouz in her willingness to blaze a new, and certainly untested path in anthropological writing.
Dewey Edition21
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal791.45/028/092
Table Of ContentAcknowledgments 1. Introduction: Oprah Winfrey and the Sociology of Culture 2. The Success of a Self-Failed Woman 3. Everyday Life as the Uncanny: The Oprah Winfrey Show as a New Cultural Genre 4. Pain and Circuses 5. The Hypertext of Identity 6. Suffering and Self-Help as Global Forms of Identity 7. The Sources and Resources of The Oprah Winfrey Show 8. Toward an Impure Critique of Popular Culture 9. Conclusion: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Television Notes Bibliography Subject Index Name Index
SynopsisOprah Winfrey is the protagonist of the story to be told here, but this book has broader intentions, begins Eva Illouz in this original examination of how and why this talk show host has become a pervasive symbol in American culture. Unlike studies of talk shows that decry debased cultural standards and impoverished political consciousness, Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery asks us to rethink our perceptions of culture in general and popular culture in particular. At a time when crises of morality, beliefs, value systems, and personal worth dominate both public and private spheres, Oprah's emergence as a cultural form--the Oprah persona--becomes clearer, as she successfully reiterates some of our most pressing moral questions. Drawing on nearly one hundred show transcripts; a year and a half of watching the show regularly; and analysis of magazine articles, several biographies, O Magazine, Oprah Book Club novels, self-help manuals promoted on the show, and hundreds of discussions on the Oprah Winfrey Web site, Illouz takes the Oprah industry seriously, revealing it to be a multilayered "textual structure" that initiates, stages, and performs narratives of suffering and self-improvement that resonate with a wide audience and challenge traditional models of cultural analysis. This book looks closely at Oprah's method and her message, and in the process reconsiders popular culture and the tools we use to understand it., Oprah Winfrey is an unprecedented and important cultural phenomenon. This book aims to understand the reasons for her spectacular success and visibility. Based on nearly one hundred show transcripts; a year and a half of watching the show regularly; and analysis of magazine articles, several biographies, O Magazine, Oprah Book Club novels, self-help manuals promoted on the show, and hundreds of messages on the Oprah Winfrey Web site, it takes the Oprah industry seriously in order to ask fundamental questions about how culture works today.
LC Classification NumberPN1992.4.W56I55 2003
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