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Winfrey, Oprah --- Criticism and interpretation

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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.

Book clubs (Discussion groups) --- Books and reading --- Literature and society --- Education --- Social Sciences --- Education, Special Topics --- Book clubs --- Book discussion groups --- Book study groups --- Clubs --- Group reading --- Oprah Winfrey show (Television program) --- Winfrey, Oprah --- Influence. --- Oprah --- Winfrey, Oprah,

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Mass communications --- Media personalities --- Television --- Biography --- Book --- Winfrey, Oprah --- United States of America

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Introduction -- Of course I'm proud of my country! : Michelle Obama's post-racial wink -- Because often it's both : racism, sexism, and Oprah's handbags -- I just wanted a world that looked like the one I know : the strategically ambiguous respectability of a Black woman showrunner -- No, but I'm still black : women of color community, hate-watching, and racialized resistance -- They got rid of the naps, that's all they did : women of color critiques of respectability politics, strategic ambiguity, and race hazing -- Do not run away from your blackness : Black women television workers and the flouting of strategic ambiguity -- Coda : have a seat at my table -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Works cited -- Index -- About the author

African American women --- Mass media and women. --- African Americans and mass media. --- Social conditions. --- USA --- Angry Black Women. --- Feminist. --- Hollywood. --- Michelle Obama. --- Oprah Winfrey. --- Oprah. --- Postfeminist. --- Shonda Rhimes. --- Winfrey. --- black women. --- celebrity. --- discrimination. --- gender. --- media. --- performing race. --- postrace. --- race and media. --- racial ambiguity. --- racial equality. --- racial representation. --- women in media. --- women of color.