Fabricating the absolute fake : America in contemporary pop culture

Fabricating the absolute fake America in contemporary pop culture

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kooijman, Jaap, author (author), Olaf, Erwin, illustrator (illustrator), Mannel, Sabine, cover designer (cover designer)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Amsterdam University Press 2013
2013.
Edición:Revised and extended edition
Colección:American Studies
Materias:
Popular culture > United States.
Popular culture > Netherlands.
Civilization > American influences.
Netherlands > Civilization > American influences.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009424506506719
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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