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Author Lofton, Kathryn.

Title Oprah [electronic resource] : the gospel of an icon / Kathryn Lofton.

Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 288 p.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Winfrey, Oprah -- Influence.
Oprah Winfrey show (Television program)
Religion and culture -- United States.
Popular culture -- Religious aspects.
Celebrities.
United States -- Religion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780520259270 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520267527 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520948242 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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