Public confessions: Oprah Winfrey's American religious history

Women and Performance

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-69

  Lofton, Kathryn ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Confessional culture; Consumerism; Oprah Winfrey; Race; Revivalism; World's Parliament of religions

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249128706     PISSN: 0740770X     EISSN: 17485819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07407700801902874     Document Type: Article

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