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Her image is iconic: Oprah Winfrey has built an empire on her ability to connect with and inspire her audience. No longer just a name, "Oprah" has become a brand representing the talk show host's unique style of self-actualizing individualism. The cultural and economic power wielded by Winfrey merits critical evaluation. The contributors to The Oprah Phenomenon examine the origins of her public image and its substantial influence on politics, entertainment, and popular opinion. Contributors address praise from her many supporters and weigh criticisms from her detractors. Winfrey's ability to create a feeling of intimacy with her audience has long been cited as one of the foundations of her popularity. She has repeatedly made national headlines by engaging and informing her audience with respect to her personal relationships to race, gender, feminism, and New Age culture. The Oprah Phenomenon explores these relationships in detail. At the root of Winfrey's message to her vast audience is her assertion that anyone can be a success regardless of background or upbringing. The contributors scrutinize this message: What does this success entail? Is the motivation behind self-actualization, in fact, merely the hope of replicating Winfrey's purchasing power? Is it just a prescription to buy the products she recommends and heed the advice of people she admires, or is it a lifestyle change of meaningful spiritual benefit? The Oprah Phenomenon asks these and many other difficult questions to promote a greater understanding of Winfrey's influence on the American consciousness. Elwood Watson, associate professor of history at East Tennessee State University, is the editor of several books, including "There She Is, Miss America": The Politics of Sex, Beauty, and Race in America's Most Famous Pageant and Searching The Soul of Ally McBeal: Critical Essays.
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Oprah Winfrey has built an empire on her ability to connect with and inspire audiences. No longer just a name, "Oprah" is a brand representing the talk show host's unique style of self-actualizing individualism. The contributors to The Oprah Phenomenon examine the origins of her public image and its substantial influence on politics, entertainment, and popular opinion. They address praises, weigh criticisms, and examine Winfrey's assertion that anyone can be a success regardless of background or upbringing. Winfrey's inspirational messages and ability to create a feeling of intimacy with her audience have long been cited as the foundations of her popularity. She has repeatedly made national headlines by engaging and informing her audience about issues related to race, gender, feminism, and New Age culture. The Oprah Phenomenon: Updated Edition adds new information, including Oprah's influence on the Obama presidential campaign and the opening of The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, while promoting a greater understanding of Winfrey's influence on the American consciousness.Jennifer Harris is assistant professor of English at Mount Allison University, New Brunswick, Canada. Her articles and essays have appeared in several journals, including African American Review and The Journal of American Culture; and books, including Turbo Chicks: Talking Young Feminisms.Elwood Watson, professor of history at East Tennessee State University, is the editor of several books, including "There She Is, Miss America": The Politics of Sex, Beauty, and Race in America's Most Famous Pageant, Outsiders Within: Black Women in the Legal Academy After Brown v. Board, and Searching The Soul of Ally McBeal: Critical Essays.
Jennifer Harris is associate professor of English at University of Waterloo, Canada. She has published over two dozen essays and book chapters and is the co-editor of the Norton Critical edition of The Coquette and The Boarding School.
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- PublisherUniversity Press of Kentucky
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0813124263
- ISBN 13 9780813124261
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages312
- EditorHarris Jennifer, Watson Elwood
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