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Reading With Oprah
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Author : Kathleen Rooney
language : en
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Reading With Oprah written by Kathleen Rooney and has been published by University of Arkansas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Social Science categories.
Adored by its fans, deplored by its critics, Oprah's Book Club has been at the center of arguments about cultural authority and literary taste since it began in 1996. Reading with Oprah explores the club's revolutionary fusion of books, television, and commerce and tells the engaging and in-depth story of the OBC phenomenon. Kathleen Rooney combines extensive research with a dynamic voice to reveal the club's far-reaching cultural impact and its role as crucible for the clash between "high" and "low" literary taste. Comprehensive and up-to-date, the book covers the club from its inception in 1996, through the Jonathan Franzen contretemps, the surprising suspension in 2002, and, after the club's return in 2003, the progression from "great books" to memoir. New material includes an extensive look at the James Frey scandal and Oprah's turn to contemporary fiction, including The Road and Middlesex. Through close examination of Winfrey's picks and personal interviews with book club authors and readers, Rooney demonstrates how the club that Barbara Kingsolver calls "one of the best possible uses of a television set" has, according to Wally Lamb, "gotten people of all ages to read, to read more, and to read widely."
Reading Oprah
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Author : Cecilia Konchar Farr
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2005-01-01
Reading Oprah written by Cecilia Konchar Farr and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-01 with Social Science categories.
An analysis of how Oprah's Book Club has changed America's reading habits.
Oprah Winfrey
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Author : Nico Neruda
language : en
Publisher: Independently Published
Release Date : 2018-11-09
Oprah Winfrey written by Nico Neruda and has been published by Independently Published this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-09 with categories.
"Be quiet. Part of your responsibility is to honour the quiet inside yourself so you can hear the call." ~ Oprah Winfrey This book is a categorized collection of selected quotes by Oprah Winfrey, the American darling whose talk show "The Oprah Winfrey Show" was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history. Quotes categorized into wide variety of subjects (inspirational and uplifting, beautiful and profound, short and pithy, reflections, wise and enlightening, love, opinions, god and religion, etc.) TIP: This book contains a wealth of bite-sized inspiration. Read at a leisurely pace. Bonus: Includes a great collection of Oprah facts and trivia "If you make a choice that doesn't please your mate, your friends, your mother, or whoever, the world will not fall apart - the people who truly love you want you to love yourself." - Oprah Fact sneak peek She was originally named Orpah Gail Winfrey by her biological aunt, a word found in the Bible, which was also recorded on her birth certificate. Due to misspellings and mispronunciations, she decided to change her name to Oprah, the household name we all know of today. Oprah has always been an entertainer. Even when she was a poverty-stricken young girl, she found ways to be on stage. Her grandmother said that she would interview her cornhusk doll amidst the crows that would hang around their house. Oprah has a natural talent of finding beauty even in adversity.
The Oprah Affect
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Author : Cecilia Konchar Farr
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2008-10-16
The Oprah Affect written by Cecilia Konchar Farr and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-16 with Social Science categories.
The Oprah Affect explores the cultural impact of Oprah's Book Club, particularly in light of debates about the definition and purpose of literature in American culture. For the critics collected here, Oprah's Book Club stands, in the context of American literary history, not as an egregious undermining of who we are and what we represent, as some have maintained, but as the latest manifestation of a tradition that encourages symbiotic relationships between readers and texts. Powered by women writers and readers, novels in this tradition attract crowds, sell well, and make unabashed appeals to emotion. The essays consider the interlocking issues of affect, affinity, accessibility, and activism in the context of this tradition. Juxtaposing book history; reading practices; literary analysis; feminist criticism; and communication, religious, political, and cultural studies; the contributors map a range of possibilities for further research on Oprah's Book Club. A complete chronological list of Book Club picks is included.
Well Read Lives
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Author : Barbara Sicherman
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2010
Well Read Lives written by Barbara Sicherman and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Social Science categories.
In a compelling approach structured as theme and variations, the author offers insightful profiles of a number of accomplished women born in Americas Gilded Age who lost and found themselves in books, and worked out a new life purpose around them. Some wo
The Late Age Of Print
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Author : Ted Striphas
language : en
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Release Date : 2011
The Late Age Of Print written by Ted Striphas and has been published by Columbia University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Art categories.
Here, the author assesses our modern book culture by focusing on five key elements including the explosion of retail bookstores like Barnes & Noble and Borders, and the formation of the Oprah Book Club.
Envisioning Legality
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Author : Timothy Peters
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-22
Envisioning Legality written by Timothy Peters and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-22 with Law categories.
Envisioning Legality: Law, Culture and Representation is a path-breaking collection of some of the world’s leading cultural legal scholars addressing issues of law, representation and the image. Law is constituted in and through the representations that hold us in their thrall, and this book focuses on the ways in which cultural legal representations not only reflect or contribute to an understanding of law, but constitute the very fabric of legality itself. As such, each of these ‘readings’ of cultural texts takes seriously the cultural as a mode of envisioning, constituting and critiquing the law. And the theoretically sophisticated approaches utilised here encompass more than simply an engagement with ‘harmless entertainment’. Rather they enact and undertake specific political and critical engagements with timely issues, such as: the redressing of past wrongs; recognising and combatting structural injustices; and orienting our political communities in relation to uncertain futures. Envisioning Legality thereby presents a cultural legal studies that provides the means for engaging in robust, sustained and in-depth encounters with the nature and role of law in a global, mediated world.
The Oprah Phenomenon
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Author : Jennifer Harris
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2007-03-16
The Oprah Phenomenon written by Jennifer Harris and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-16 with Social Science categories.
“Excellent essays” on a business empire, a cultural phenomenon, and the nature of the extraordinary bond between Oprah Winfrey and her fans (Journal of Social History). 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 a 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 supporters and weigh criticisms from her detractors. Winfrey’s ability to create a feeling of intimacy with her audience has long been cited as a foundation of her popularity. She has made 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 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. “Identifies the common threads that run through Oprah’s empire, the demographics of her audience, how she brings together women of diverse backgrounds, and her use of empathy and encouragement to foster self-improvement.” ―Library Journal With a foreword by Robert J. Thompson
A History Of The Book In America
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Author : David Paul Nord
language : en
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Release Date : 2015-12-01
A History Of The Book In America written by David Paul Nord and has been published by UNC Press Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-01 with History categories.
The fifth volume of A History of the Book in America addresses the economic, social, and cultural shifts affecting print culture from World War II to the present. During this period factors such as the expansion of government, the growth of higher education, the climate of the Cold War, globalization, and the development of multimedia and digital technologies influenced the patterns of consolidation and diversification established earlier. The thirty-three contributors to the volume explore the evolution of the publishing industry and the business of bookselling. The histories of government publishing, law and policy, the periodical press, literary criticism, and reading — in settings such as schools, libraries, book clubs, self-help programs, and collectors' societies — receive imaginative scrutiny as well. The Enduring Book demonstrates that the corporate consolidations of the last half-century have left space for the independent publisher, that multiplicity continues to define American print culture, and that even in the digital age, the book endures. Contributors: David Abrahamson, Northwestern University James L. Baughman, University of Wisconsin–Madison Kenneth Cmiel (d. 2006) James Danky, University of Wisconsin–Madison Robert DeMaria Jr., Vassar College Donald A. Downs, University of Wisconsin–Madison Robert W. Frase (d. 2003) Paul C. Gutjahr, Indiana University David D. Hall, Harvard Divinity School John B. Hench, American Antiquarian Society Patrick Henry, New York City College of Technology Dan Lacy (d. 2001) Marshall Leaffer, Indiana University Bruce Lewenstein, Cornell University Elizabeth Long, Rice University Beth Luey, Arizona State University Tom McCarthy, Beirut, Lebanon Laura J. Miller, Brandeis University Priscilla Coit Murphy, Chapel Hill, N.C. David Paul Nord, Indiana University Carol Polsgrove, Indiana University David Reinking, Clemson University Jane Rhodes, Macalester College John V. Richardson Jr., University of California, Los Angeles Joan Shelley Rubin, University of Rochester Michael Schudson, University of California, San Diego, and Columbia University Linda Scott, University of Oxford Dan Simon, Seven Stories Press Ilan Stavans, Amherst College Harvey M. Teres, Syracuse University John B. Thompson, University of Cambridge Trysh Travis, University of Florida Jonathan Zimmerman, New York University
Great Books By German Women In The Age Of Emotion 1770 1820
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Author : Margaretmary Daley
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Release Date : 2022
Great Books By German Women In The Age Of Emotion 1770 1820 written by Margaretmary Daley and has been published by Boydell & Brewer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with History categories.
"Literature written by women in German during the period long known patriarchally as the Age of Goethe was largely lumped in with other unserious or artistically unworthy works under the category Trivialliteratur, literally 'trivial literature.' Using insights from Gender Studies yet acknowledging the need for a literary canon, Great Books by German Women offers a critical interpretation of six canon-worthy German novels written by women in the period, for which it coins the term 'Age of Emotion.' The novels are chosen because they depict women's ordinary yet interesting lives and, equally, because each displays formal strengths that yield prose particularly able to express emotion. The first, Sophie von La Roche's Die Geschichte des Frèauleins von Sternheim (The History of Lady von Sternheim), draws on the tradition of the epistolary novel while also finding new ways to depict empathetic emotions. The second, Friederike Unger's Julchen Grèunthal, brings to the Frauenroman or women's novel the use of irony to portray a heroine's emotions during her coming of age. The next novels add lyricism to their prose to capture sensual emotions: Sophie Mereau's Blèutenalter der Empfindung (The Blossoming of Feeling) imagines women's affinity for the philosophical sublime, while Caroline Wolzogen depicts female desire in her Agnes von Lilien. The fifth novel, Die Honigmonathe (The Honeymoon), by Karoline Fischer, explores the agony that extreme emotions cause--not only for women but also for men. The last novel, Caroline Pichler's Frauenwèurde (The Dignity of Women) expands the focus from a young heroine to multiple mature characters while maintaining the centrality of women's talents and emotions. Finally, this study accords honorable mention to some other women's novels before concluding that the influence of these six works was in no way trivial, either in portraying women's lives and emotions or in the history of German literature"--