The Oprahfication of 9/11: September 11, the war in Iraq, and The Oprah Winfrey show

Authors
Publication date 2010
Host editors
  • T.T. Cotten
  • K. Springer
Book title Stories of Oprah: the Oprahfication of American culture
ISBN
  • 9781604734072
Pages (from-to) 131-144
Publisher Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi
Organisations
  • Faculty of Humanities (FGw) - Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) - Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA)
Abstract This chapter discusses how The Oprah Winfrey Show presented the aftermath of 9/11 and the pending war in Iraq in its episodes. It shows that in "The Oprahfication of 9/11," the show’s discourse on terrorism and war "transform[ed] possible feelings of fear, anger, anxiety, and grief into acts of American patriotism," turning "9/11 into a personal yet collective experience of the political."
Document type Chapter
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781604734072.003.0010
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