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| Named Person: | Oprah Winfrey |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Kathryn Lofton |
| ISBN: | 9780520259270 0520259270 9780520267527 0520267524 |
| OCLC Number: | 639940435 |
| Description: | xiii, 288 p. ; 23 cm. |
| 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. |
| Responsibility: | Kathryn Lofton. |
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"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 "A fascinating new perspective on a media icon."--Booklist "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 "A unique analysis of the talk queen's multimedia empire."--B.l.a.c. Read more...
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