Fabricating the absolute fake : America in contemporary pop culture /

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In Fabricating the Absolute Fake, Jaap Kooijman explores the ways people around the world interpret and attempt to reproduce "Americanness." Tracing the ways America has been appropriated by pop culture produced outside the United States, he examines such icons as the Elvis-inspired perfor...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kooijman, Jaap (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2013.
©2013
Edición:Revised and extended edition.
Colección:American Studies
Temas:
Popular culture > United States.
Popular culture > Netherlands.
Civilization > American influences.
Culture populaire > États-Unis.
Culture populaire > Pays-Bas.
Civilisation > Influence américaine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Civilization > American influences
Popular culture
Netherlands > Civilization > American influences.
Netherlands
United States
media
pop culture
culture
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Additional Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Fabricating the Absolute Fake
  • 1. We Are the World. America's Dominance in Global Pop Culture
  • 2. The Oprahification of 9/11. America as Imagined Community
  • 3. The Desert of the Real. America as Hyperreality
  • 4. Americans We Never Were. Dutch Pop Culture as Karaoke Americanism
  • 5. The Dutch Dream. Americanization, Pop Culture, and National Identity
  • 6. Yes We Can, This Is It. America and Celebrity Culture
  • Conclusion. Let's Make Things Better
  • Afterword. Teaching the Absolute Fake
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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