Author: Eva Illouz
Translator: Ju-heon Kang
Publisher: Smart Business
390 pages | 223*152mm
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About This Book
Oprah Winfrey is the protagonist of the story to be told here, but this
book has broader intentions, begins Eva Illouz in this original
examination of how and why this talk show host has become a pervasive
symbol in American culture. Unlike studies of talk shows that decry
debased cultural standards and impoverished political consciousness,
Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery asks us to rethink our
perceptions of culture in general and popular culture in particular.
At a time when crises of morality, beliefs, value systems, and personal
worth dominate both public and private spheres, Oprah's emergence as a
cultural form -- the Oprah persona -- becomes clearer, as she
successfully reiterates some of our most pressing moral questions.
Drawing on nearly one hundred show transcripts; a year and a half of
watching the show regularly; and analysis of magazine articles, several
biographies,
O Magazine, Oprah Book Club novels, self-help manuals promoted on the
show, and hundreds of discussions on the Oprah Winfrey Web site, Illouz
takes the Oprah industry seriously, revealing it to be a multilayered
"textual structure" that initiates, stages, and performs narratives of
suffering and self-improvement that resonate with a wide audience and
challenge traditional models of cultural analysis. This book looks
closely at Oprah's method and her message, and in the process
reconsiders popular culture and the tools we use to understand it.
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