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245 04 a| The Oprah affect :b| critical essays on Oprah's book club /c| edited by Cecilia Konchar Farr and Jaime Harker.;

300 a| ix, 347 pages ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction / Jaime Harker and Cecilia Konchar Farr -- Oprah in the public library / Juliette Wells and Virginia Wells -- Talking readers / Cecilia Konchar Farr -- Reading religiously : the ritual practices of Oprah's book club / Katherine Lofton -- The romance of reading like Oprah / Yung-Hsing Wu -- Oprah's book selections : teleliterature for the Oprah Winfrey Show / Mark Hall -- Resisting Paradise : Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, and the middlebrow audience / Michael Perry -- Oprah's book club and the politics of cross-racial empathy / Kimberly Chabot Davis -- Beware the furrow of the middlebrow : searching for Paradise on the Oprah Winfrey show / Timothy Aubry -- "Did Isabel Allende write this book for me?" : Oprah's book club reads Daughter of fortune / Ana Patricia Rodríquez -- The trouble with happy endings : conflicting narratives in Oprah's book club / Kelley Penfield Lewis -- Your book changed my life : everyday literary criticism and Oprah's book club / Kate Douglas -- Correcting Oprah : Jonathan Franzen and the uses of literature in the therapeutic age / Kevin Quirk -- The way we read now : Oprah Winfrey, intellectuals, and democracy / Simon Stow -- Everything old is new again : Oprah's book club returns with the classics / Kathleen Rooney -- Afterward : Oprah, James Frey, and the problem of the literary / Jaime Harker.;

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The Oprah affect : critical essays on Oprah's book club / edited by Cecilia Konchar Farr and Jaime Harker.

Other author	Farr, Cecilia Konchar, 1958-
Other author	Harker, Jaime.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2008.
Description	ix, 347 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects	Winfrey, Oprah--Influence. Oprah Winfrey show (Television program) Book clubs (Discussion groups)--United States. Books and reading--United States. Literature and society--United States.

Contents	Introduction / Jaime Harker and Cecilia Konchar Farr -- Oprah in the public library / Juliette Wells and Virginia Wells -- Talking readers / Cecilia Konchar Farr -- Reading religiously : the ritual practices of Oprah's book club / Katherine Lofton -- The romance of reading like Oprah / Yung-Hsing Wu -- Oprah's book selections : teleliterature for the Oprah Winfrey Show / Mark Hall -- Resisting Paradise : Toni Morrison, Oprah Winfrey, and the middlebrow audience / Michael Perry -- Oprah's book club and the politics of cross-racial empathy / Kimberly Chabot Davis -- Beware the furrow of the middlebrow : searching for Paradise on the Oprah Winfrey show / Timothy Aubry -- "Did Isabel Allende write this book for me?" : Oprah's book club reads Daughter of fortune / Ana Patricia Rodríquez -- The trouble with happy endings : conflicting narratives in Oprah's book club / Kelley Penfield Lewis -- Your book changed my life : everyday literary criticism and Oprah's book club / Kate Douglas -- Correcting Oprah : Jonathan Franzen and the uses of literature in the therapeutic age / Kevin Quirk -- The way we read now : Oprah Winfrey, intellectuals, and democracy / Simon Stow -- Everything old is new again : Oprah's book club returns with the classics / Kathleen Rooney -- Afterward : Oprah, James Frey, and the problem of the literary / Jaime Harker.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2008000120
ISBN	9780791476154 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	0791476154 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780791476161 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN	0791476162 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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