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Oprah : the gospel of an icon
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Title
Oprah : the gospel of an icon / Kathryn Lofton.
ISBN
9780520259270 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520259270 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520267527 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520267524 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xiii, 288 p. ; 23 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 08, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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