Political Talk and the Flow of Ambient Television: Women Watching Oprah in an African American Hair Salon

New Directions in American Reception Study

Volumn , Issue , 2023, Pages 307-323

  Press, Andrea ^a   Johnson Yale, Camille ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

arranged; Janelle; noticed; Thursday; waited

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955928067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195320879.003.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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