Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery : An Essay on Popular Culture
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"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
"Outstanding... its author digs deeper into her subject matter than any other researcher yet to address Oprah." -- David W. Park, Journal of Communication
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"A completely original book. Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery explores the tentacular reach of the Oprah enterprise to unveil the role culture plays in making sense of our lives and in binding us to a realm of values. By immersing the reader in all things Oprah -- using examples from her television show, her book club, her magazine and her website -- Illouz shows us how traditional models of cultural analysis fail to fully explain the power of such a unique, complex and boundary-less phenomenon. Instead, Illouz walks the high wire between "understanding" and "critiquing" -- an approach she calls "ethical criticism." From this perspective, we see how Oprah came to the therapeutic role and how she assembled and appropriated culture as a set of resources that purports to help audiences make sense of suffering and create an "authentic" self. Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery is a groundbreaking study of a major force in American culture." -- Amy B. Jordan, Director of the Media and the Developing Mind Sector, Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania
"Examining Oprah as moral entrepreneur reveals the depth and dignity of everyday frameworks for making sense of misery. Illouz's blend of sharp-sighted analysis, irony and compassion will change the way we see popular culture." -- Susan Neiman, Director, Einstein Forum and author of Evil in Modern Thought
"[Illouz] definitely accomplishes what she sets out to do, and does it with grace and eloquence. The topic is developed clearly and logically, and with a richness of detail and appreciation for the subject that makes it stand out among studies of Oprah, and of television in general." -- Elizabeth Long, Rice University
Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery : An Essay on Popular Culture
Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery : An Essay on Popular Culture,Eva Illouz,Columbia University Press,0231118139,Biography / Autobiography,Entertainment & Performing Arts - Television Personalities,Media Studies,Oprah Winfrey show,Performing Arts,Performing Arts/Dance,Television - History & Criticism,Winfrey, Oprah
Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery : An Essay on Popular Culture
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