Oprah
Lofton, Kathryn.
Oprah the gospel of an icon / [electronic resource] : Kathryn Lofton. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011. - xiii, 288 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Winfrey, Oprah--Influence.
Oprah Winfrey show (Television program)
Religion and culture--United States.
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Celebrities.
United States--Religion.
Electronic books.
BL2525 / .L65 2011eb
306.60973/090511
Oprah the gospel of an icon / [electronic resource] : Kathryn Lofton. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 2011. - xiii, 288 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Winfrey, Oprah--Influence.
Oprah Winfrey show (Television program)
Religion and culture--United States.
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Celebrities.
United States--Religion.
Electronic books.
BL2525 / .L65 2011eb
306.60973/090511