ISBN:
0520948246
,
9780520948242
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 288 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Lofton, Kathryn Oprah
DDC:
306.60973/090511
Keywords:
Winfrey, Oprah Influence
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Winfrey, Oprah
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Oprah Winfrey show (Television program)
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Oprah Winfrey show (Television program)
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Religion and culture
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Popular culture Religious aspects
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Celebrities
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Sociology of Religion
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RELIGION ; Christianity ; General
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Celebrities
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Popular culture ; Religious aspects
;
Religion
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Religion and culture
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Religion
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Philosophy & Religion
;
North & South American Religions
;
United States Religion
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United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"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 reflection of religion in modern society. Lofton shows that when Oprah likes, needs, or believes something, she offers 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 se
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
English
