Reading Oprah: How Oprah's Book Club Changed the Way America Reads
by Cecilia Konchar Farr
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Read in January, 2006
This is an interesting little book. Even though it's written by a full professor (at St. Catherine's College in St. Paul, Minnesota), it seems almost like a dissertation. A really good dissertation, but a dissertation. I think the short length is part of the reason, but part of it is also Farr's willingness to take up a topic that, as she admits, more "serious" scholars have avoided.
And, she thinks (and so do I), avoided to their detriment. Oprah's Book Club has been an amazing force...more
And, she thinks (and so do I), avoided to their detriment. Oprah's Book Club has been an amazing force...more
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I am trying to get a better understanding of this aspect of American popular culture. This is the third book on the OBC phenomenon I have marked to read.
Contents: Introduction : Oprah's reading revolution -- Reading Oprah -- Oprah reading -- Readers talking -- Talking readers -- Conclusion : the triumph of cultural democracy.
Contents: Introduction : Oprah's reading revolution -- Reading Oprah -- Oprah reading -- Readers talking -- Talking readers -- Conclusion : the triumph of cultural democracy.
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Read in November, 2005
See my blog post on it:
http://itinerantlibrarian.blog...
http://itinerantlibrarian.blog...
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Oprah is the Queen of bookclubs, and I want to understand how she does it!
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