Kooijman, Jaap, <br/><br/>
Fabricating the Absolute Fake - revised edition 
Jaap Kooijman. 
 - Revised and extended edition. 
 - 1 online resource (1 online resource 231 pages) 
 - Book collections on Project MUSE. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9789048519552 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Popular culture.<br/>Civilization--American influences.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--General.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Popular Culture.<br/>SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.<br/>POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Cultural Policy.<br/>Civilization--American influences.<br/>Popular culture--Netherlands.<br/>Popular culture--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States.<br/>Netherlands.<br/>Netherlands--Civilization--American influences.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Electronic books. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E169.12  / .K66 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.1  / 23