Fabricating the absolute fake : America in contemporary pop culture / Jaap Kooijman

Author:: Kooijman, Jaap
Published:: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013.
Copyright Date:: ß2013
Edition:: Rev. and extended edition.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (231 pages)

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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.

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9048519551 (ebk)
9789048519552
9053564926
9048506123
9048501210
6611787690
9048520509
1281787698
9089645594
904851956X

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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