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Baring Our Souls: TV Talk Shows and the Religion of Recovery (Social Problems and Social Issues (Cloth)) (Social Problems and Social Issues)
Baring Our Souls TV Talk Shows and the Religion of Recovery - Social Problems and Social Issues Cloth - Social Problems and Social Issues
Author: Kathleen S. Lowney
Television talk shows are a recent phenomenon, but their roots go back to the itinerant circuses and religious revivals of the nineteenth century. Circuses made their money by displaying "freaks," just as talk shows emphasize only the deviant aspects of their guests’ lives. And like the revivalists of old, talk show hosts attempt to convert...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780202305936
ISBN-10: 0202305937
Publication Date: 9/1/1999
Pages: 159
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Publisher: Aldine
Book Type: Hardcover
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