Background
Illouz, Eva was born on April 30, 1961 in Fes, Morocco.
( To what extent are our most romantic moments determined...)
To what extent are our most romantic moments determined by the portrayal of love in film and on TV? Is a walk on a moonlit beach a moment of perfect romance or simply a simulation of the familiar ideal seen again and again on billboards and movie screens? In her unique study of American love in the twentieth century, Eva Illouz unravels the mass of images that define our ideas of love and romance, revealing that the experience of "true" love is deeply embedded in the experience of consumer capitalism. Illouz studies how individual conceptions of love overlap with the world of clichés and images she calls the "Romantic Utopia." This utopia lives in the collective imagination of the nation and is built on images that unite amorous and economic activities in the rituals of dating, lovemaking, and marriage. Since the early 1900s, advertisers have tied the purchase of beauty products, sports cars, diet drinks, and snack foods to success in love and happiness. Illouz reveals that, ultimately, every cliché of romance—from an intimate dinner to a dozen red roses—is constructed by advertising and media images that preach a democratic ethos of consumption: material goods and happiness are available to all. Engaging and witty, Illouz's study begins with readings of ads, songs, films, and other public representations of romance and concludes with individual interviews in order to analyze the ways in which mass messages are internalized. Combining extensive historical research, interviews, and postmodern social theory, Illouz brings an impressive scholarship to her fascinating portrait of love in America.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520205715/?tag=2022091-20
( Oprah Winfrey is an unprecedented and important cultura...)
Oprah Winfrey is an unprecedented and important cultural phenomenon. This book aims to understand the reasons for her spectacular success and visibility. Based on nearly one hundred show transcripts; a year and a half of watching the show regularly; and analysis of magazine articles, several biographies, O Magazine, Oprah Book Club novels, self-help manuals promoted on the show, and hundreds of messages on the Oprah Winfrey Web site, it takes the Oprah industry seriously in order to ask fundamental questions about how culture works today.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0231118139/?tag=2022091-20
Illouz, Eva was born on April 30, 1961 in Fes, Morocco.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1991.
Senior lecturer Hebrew University Jerusalem, 2000—2004, professor, since 2004, fellow, 2006. Visiting professor Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, 2005—2006. Lecturer Adorno, Germany, 2004.
( To what extent are our most romantic moments determined...)
( Oprah Winfrey is an unprecedented and important cultura...)
Married Elhanan Ben Porath.