Shattuc exmaines four nationally syndicated television talk shows--Donohue, the Oprah Winfrey Show, Geraldo, and Sally Jessy Raphael--which are primarily devoted to feminine culture and issues to explore television's profit motive and the effects on the women who watch.
Shattuc exmaines four nationally syndicated television talk shows--Donohue, the Oprah Winfrey Show, Geraldo, and Sally Jessy Raphael--which are primarily devoted to feminine culture and issues to explore television's profit motive and the effects on the women who watch.
Jane M. Shattuc is Associate Professor of Mass Communication-Film at Emerson College, Boston. She is the author of Television, Tabloids and Tears: Fassbinder andPopular Culture.
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Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Sobbing Sisters; Chapter 3 Talk is Cheap; Chapter 4 The Oprahfication of America?; Chapter 5 Freud vs. Women; Chapter 6 Go Ricki ; Chapter 7 Conclusion;
