Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1 Introduction: Oprah Winfrey and the Study of Culture 1
5. 2 The Success of a Self-Failed Woman 16
6. 3 Everyday Life as the Uncanny: The Oprah Winfrey Show as a New Cultural Genre 47
7. 4 Pain and Circuses 77
8. 5 The Hypertext of Identity 120
9. 6 Suffering and Self-Help as Global Forms of Identity 156
10. 7 The Sources and Resources of The Oprah Winfrey Show 178
11. 8 Toward an Impure Critique of Popular Culture 206
12. 9 Conclusion: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Television 236
13. Notes 243
14. Biblography 263
15. Subject Index 293
16. Name Index 297