{"id":3317,"date":"2010-09-27T16:29:13","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T20:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=3317"},"modified":"2010-12-01T12:41:54","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T16:41:54","slug":"oprah-winfrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libweb.fau.edu\/blog\/oprah-winfrey\/","title":{"rendered":"Oprah Winfrey"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week of September 27, 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oprah Winfrey<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the News: <\/em>It\u2019s the 25th<\/sup> and final season of The<\/em> Oprah<\/em> Winfrey Show<\/em>. Through the years the Oprah brand has grown into an empire (Harpo, Inc.) that includes a film and TV division, radio shows, a magazine, a book club, and much more. This pop culture icon is also the subject of many scholarly publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The African American Entrepreneur: Then and Now
\n<\/em><\/strong>By W. Sherman Rogers. Praeger, 2010
\nCall Number: HD2358.5 .U6 R65 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

The Age of Oprah: Cultural Icon for the Neoliberal Era
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Janice Peck. Paradigm Publishers, 2008
\nCall Number: PN1992.4 .W56 P43 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

Beloved<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>(DVD)
\n<\/em>Directed by Jonathan Demme. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2008
\nCall Number: PN1997 .B441577 2008<\/a> (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n

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Embracing Sisterhood: Class, Identity, and Contemporary Black Women
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Katrina Bell McDonald. Rowman & Littlefield, 2007
\nCall Number: E185.86 .M395 2006<\/a><\/p>\n

The Global Village Revisited: Art, Politics, and Television Talk Shows
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Kathleen Dixon. Lexington Books, 2009
\nCall Number: E169.12 .S842 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

The Gospel According to Oprah
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Marcia Z. Nelson. Westminster J. Knox Press, 2005
\nCall Number: PN1992.4 .W56 N45 2005<\/a><\/p>\n

Made in America: Self-Styled Success from Horatio Alger to Oprah Winfrey
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Jeffrey Louis Decker. University of Minnesota Press, 1997
\nCall Number: BJ1611 .D36 1997<\/a><\/p>\n

Masters of Enterprise: Giants of American Business from John Jacob Astor and J.P. Morgan to Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey
\n<\/em><\/strong>By H.W. Brands. Free Press, 1999
\nCall Number: HF3023 .A2 B68 1999<\/a><\/p>\n

Native Son<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>(VHS)
\nDirected by Jerrold Freedman. Monterey Movie Company, 1995
\nCall Number: VH1046<\/a><\/p>\n

The Oprah Affect: Critical Essays on Oprah\u2019s Book Club
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Cecilia Konchar Farr and Jaime Harker. State University of New York Press, 2008
\nCall Number: LC6651 .O67 2008<\/a><\/p>\n

The Oprah Phenomenon
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Jennifer Harris and Elwood Watson. University Press of Kentucky, 2007
\nCall Number: PN1992.4 .W56 O67 2007<\/a> (Also available online via NetLibrary<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery: An Essay on Popular Culture
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Eva Illouz. Columbia University Press, 2003
\nCall Number: PN1992.4 .W56 I55 2003<\/a><\/p>\n

Oprah Winfrey Speaks: Insights from the World\u2019s Most Influential Voice
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Janet Lowe. Wiley, 1998
\nCall Number: PN1992.4 .W56 A3 1998<\/a> (Also available online via NetLibrary<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Reading Oprah: How Oprah\u2019s Book Club Changed the Way America Reads
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Cecilia Konchar Farr. State University of New York Press, 2005
\nCall Number: PS379 .F37 2005<\/a><\/p>\n

In Search of Our Roots: How 19 Extraordinary African Americans Reclaimed Their Past
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Crown Publishers, 2009
\nCall Number: E185.96 .G384 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

Stories of Oprah: The Oprahfication of American Culture
\n<\/em><\/strong>Edited by Trystan T. Cotton and Kimberly Springer. UP of Mississippi, 2010
\nCall Number: E169.12 .S842 2010<\/a><\/p>\n

The Suffering Will Not Be Televised: African American Women and Sentimental Political<\/em><\/strong> Storytelling
\n<\/strong><\/em>By Rebecca Wanzo. State University of New York Press, 2009
\nCall Number: E185.86 .W355 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

Whose Tale is True?: Readers Theatre to Introduce and Research 49 Amazing American Women
\n<\/em><\/strong>By Nancy Polette. Teacher Ideas Press, 2009
\nCall Number: CT85 .P65 2009<\/a><\/p>\n

The Women of Brewster Place<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>(VHS)
\nDirected by Donna Deitch. J2 Communications, 1989
\nCall Number: VH 2776-2777<\/a> (Boca Raton Media Center)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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