Kathryn Lofton: 3 books
Oprah
The Gospel of an Icon
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011
"Today on Oprah," intoned the TV announcer, and all over America viewers tuned in to learn, empathize, and celebrate. In this book, Kathryn Lofton investigates the Oprah phenomenon and finds in Winfrey’s empire—Harpo Productions, O Magazine, and her new television network—an uncanny...
by Kathryn Lofton
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
What are you drawn to like, to watch, or even to binge? What are you free to consume, and what do you become through consumption? These questions of desire and value, Kathryn Lofton argues, are questions for the study of religion. In eleven essays exploring soap and office cubicles, Britney Spears...
Women's Work
An Anthology of African-American Women's Historical Writings from Antebellum America to the Harlem Renaissance
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Whether in schoolrooms or kitchens, state houses or church pulpits, women have always been historians. Although few participated in the academic study of history until the mid-twentieth century, women labored as teachers of history and historical interpreters. Within African-American communities,...