The age of Oprah : cultural icon for the neoliberal era
by
Peck, Janice.
Title
:
The age of Oprah : cultural icon for the neoliberal era
Author
:
Peck, Janice.
ISBN
:
9781594514685
9781594514692
Personal Author
:
Peck, Janice.
Publication Information
:
Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, c2008.
Physical Description
:
vi, 282 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
:
The age of Oprah : culture and politics in the neoliberal era -- The therapeutic enterprise and the quest for women's hearts and minds -- Backlash politics, the dysfunctional self, and the recovery cure -- Recovery and Reaganism : the psychologization of the political and the politics of pathology -- Mind cure, the enchanted self, and the new liberal convenant -- "Transcending race" : the racial politics of Oprah Winfrey and new liberalism -- The Oprah brand and the enterprising self -- The anxieties of the enterprising self and the limits of mind cure in the age of Oprah.
Personal Subject
:
Winfrey, Oprah-Criticism and interpretation.
Title Subject
:
Oprah Winfrey show.
Subject Term
:
African American television personalities.
African American women entertainers.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy | Status |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168025431160 | 791.4502 O.62P 2008 | 1 | On-Shelf Student |