Oprah [February 8-12, 2010]

The theme week was organized by Dr. Kimberly Springer, co-editor of the anthology Stories of Oprah with Trystan T. Cotton, available from The University of Mississippi Press.

This week’s In Media Res line-up:

 Monday, February 8, 2010 – Kimberley Springer (Williams College) presents: “Stories of O: Oprah’s Culture Industries”

 Tuesday, February 9, 2010 – Janice Peck (University of Colorado at Boulder) presents: “Too Big to Fail?”

 Wednesday, February 10, 2010 – John Howard (King’s College London) presents: "For the Sake of the Children"

 Thursday, February 11, 2010 – Vanessa Jackson (Independent Scholar) presents: "I’ve been Rich and I’ve Been Poor: The Economics of Oprah”

 Friday, February 12, 2010 – Kimberley Springer (Williams College) presents: "Oprah’s Got Beef?: Alleged Matriarchies & Masculinist Rhymes”