The age of Oprah : cultural icon for the neoliberal era /
Peck, Janice.
Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers,
c2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 240-274) and index.
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.
Winfrey, Oprah
Oprah Winfrey show.
African American television personalities.
African American women entertainers.