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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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Main Author: Kooijman, Jaap (Author)
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2013]
Edition:Revised and extended edition.
Subjects:
Popular culture > United States.
Popular culture > Netherlands.
Netherlands > Civilization > American influences.
Civilization > American influences.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Popular culture.
Netherlands.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (231 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9048519551
9789048519552
9789048519569
904851956X