Fabricating the absolute fake America in contemporary pop culture
From the pageantry of Oprah Winfrey's daytime talk show to the Atlanta-based Coca-Cola empire, American "pop" culture-and the contemporary films, television programs, and cultural objects that determine it-dominates the rest of the world through its hegemonic presence. Does that make...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
c2008.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | American Studies
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009653741306719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Fabricating the Absolute Fake
- Chapter One: We Are the World: America's Dominance in Global Pop Culture
- Chapter Two: The Oprahifi cation of 9/ 11: America as Imagined Community
- Chapter Three: The Desert of the Real: America as Hyperreality
- Chapter Four: Americans We Never Were: Dutch Pop Culture as Karaoke Americanism
- Chapter Five: The Dutch Dream: Americanization, Pop Culture, and National Identity
- Conclusion: Let's Make Things Better
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
