Fabricating the Absolute Fake - revised edition /

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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Kooijman, Jaap (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013.
Édition:Revised and extended edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Popular culture.
Civilization > American influences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
Civilisation > Influence americaine.
Culture populaire > Pays-Bas.
Culture populaire > États-Unis.
Popular culture > Netherlands.
Popular culture > United States.
United States.
Netherlands.
Netherlands > Civilization > American influences.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 performer Lee Towers and the Moroccan-Dutch rapper Ali B. This revised edition features a new chapter on Barack Obama's global celebrity and an afterword on teaching American pop culture. Like the first edition, it will prove an illuminating resource for scholars of American culture and popular cultures the world o.
Description matérielle:1 online resource.
ISBN:9789048519552
Accès:Open Access

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