Presenting Oprah Winfrey, Her Films, and African American Literature

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.

List of contents

The Black Matriarch's Quest for Love: Oprah Winfrey as Sofia in The Color Purple; T.T.Green Oprah Winfrey and the Trauma Drama: 'What's So Good About Feeling Bad?'; R.Guthrie Creating a Legacy of Disconnection: Colorism and Classism in Oprah Winfrey Presents: The Wedding; P.E.Whitfield McDaniels Wanderlust, Hysteria, and Insurrection: (Re)presenting the 'Beloved' Sweet Home Men; R.Randolph 'Let the Music Play': Music, Meaning, and Method in Oprah Winfrey Presents: Their Eyes Were Watching God; N.Lester Blues, Hope, and Disturbing Images: A Comparison of Sapphire's Push and the Film Precious; W.Rountree

About the author

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

Summary

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.

Additional text

'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

Report

'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

Product details

• Authors: T. Green
• Assisted by: Green (Editor), T Green (Editor), T. Green (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.12.2012
• EAN: 9781349448593
• ISBN: 978-1-349-44859-3
• No. of pages: 193
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; B, Ethnic Studies, Fiction & related items, Performing Arts, Fiction, biotechnology, Film History, Ethnicity, Ethnicity Studies, Palgrave Media & Culture Collection, Fiction Literature, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Film history, theory & criticism, America—Literatures, North American Literature, Motion pictures—Production and direction, Directing, Fiction and Related items, America;American literary text;Amerikanische Literatur;film