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BEWARE THE FURROW OF THE MIDDLEBROW: SEARCHING FOR "PARADISE" ON "THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW"
Ist Teil von
Modern fiction studies, 2006-07, Vol.52 (2), p.350-373
Ort / Verlag
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press for the Department of English, Purdue University
Erscheinungsjahr
2006
Link zum Volltext
Quelle
Project MUSE
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This article examines Winfrey's book club discussion of Toni Morrison's Paradise in order to identify various continuities and gaps between the aspirations of serious literature and the inclinations of middlebrow readers. Many of Winfrey's audience members complain about the text's inaccessibility, thus casting doubt upon Morrison's purported aim: to redefine paradise as a state of inclusivity. Nevertheless, even as they contest the novel's literary value, the participants engage in just the sort of egalitarian and rigorous conversation Morrison sees as an indispensable part of any constructive utopian politics.