Fabricating the Absolute Fake - revised edition Jaap Kooijman.
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TextPublisher: Amsterdam University Press, Manufacturer: Project MUSE, Edition: Revised and extended editionDescription: 1 online resource (1 online resource 231 pages)ISBN: 9789048519552Subject(s): Popular culture | Civilization -- American influences | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural | POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy | Civilization -- American influences | Popular culture -- Netherlands | Popular culture -- United States | United States | Netherlands | Netherlands -- Civilization -- American influencesGenre/Form: Electronic books. | Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 306.1 LOC classification: E169.12 | .K66 2013Online resources: Full text available: 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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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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