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Reading with Oprah
the book club that changed America
By Rooney, Kathleen
- ISBN
- 978-1-55728-782-3
- Publisher
- Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 2005
Rooney (writing, Emerson Coll.) approaches the cultural significance Oprah's Book Club by first examining the popular arguments for and against this literary phenomenon. Rooney does not take the common intellectual stance, which condemns the club's commodification and celebration of "popular" contemporary literature. Instead, the study aims to explore the complexities of the phenomenon and de...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
