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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.

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9781137282453

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<p> A provocative discussion of the delicate dance between co-opting and ownership, adaptation and translation. Tara T. Green has assembled a timely collection of essays that speaks to the complexities of Oprah Winfrey's role in shaping racial and cultural literacy--on and off the page. - Carol E. Henderson, chair, Department of Black American Studies, and professor of English, University of Delaware

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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

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