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Presenting Oprah Winfrey, Her Films, and African American Literature

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  • © 2013

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  1. Tara T. Green
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • Tara T. Green
    Pages 1-19

  3. The Black Matriarch’s Quest for Love: Oprah Winfrey as Sofia in The Color Purple

    • Tara T. Green
    Pages 21-43

  4. Oprah Winfrey and the Trauma Drama: “What’s So Good About Feeling Bad?”

    • Ricardo Guthrie
    Pages 45-78

  5. Creating a Legacy of Disconnection: Colorism and Classism in Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding

    • Preselfannie Evet Whitfield McDaniels
    Pages 79-104

  6. Wanderlust, Hysteria, and Insurrection: (Re)presenting the “Beloved” Sweet Home Men

    • Robert E. Randolph Jr.
    Pages 105-125

  7. “Let the Music Play”: Music, Meaning, and Method in Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God

    • Neal A. Lester
    Pages 127-159

  8. Blues, Hope, and Disturbing Images: A Comparison of Sapphire’s Push and the Film Precious

    • Wendy Rountree
    Pages 161-178

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 179-182
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Oprah Winfrey has long promoted black issues by being involved as a producer or actor in the adaptation of works by African American writers for film. This volume evaluates Winfrey's involvement in the visual interpretation of African American literary texts using film, music, black masculinity, black feminist, and cultural theory.

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'This book steps boldly away from the many traditional biographies of Oprah to examine her role as a literary and cultural interpreter, and it would be a valuable addition to any library's collection of critical works on African American literature. Summing Up: Recommended. All readers.' - CHOICE

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RICARDO GUTHRIE Northern Arizona University, USA NEAL LESTER Arizona State University, USA PRESELFANNIE EVET WHITFIELD MCDANIELS Jackson State University, USA ROBERT E. RANDOLPH, JR. University of North Carolina-Greensboro, USA WENDY ROUNTREE North Carolina Central University, USA

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