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Fabricating the Absolute Fake - Revised Edition - Couverture souple

Kooijman, Jaap

 
9789089645593: Fabricating the Absolute Fake - Revised Edition
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9089645594 ISBN 13 : 9789089645593
Editeur : Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

When rock star Bono told Oprah Winfrey that America is an ideal that is supposed to be contagious, the talk show host was moved to tears. Such an imagined America, rather than the nation-state USA, is the topic of Fabricating the Absolute Fake. Pop and politics become intertwined, as Hollywood, television, and celebrities spread the American Dream around the world. Using concepts such as the absolute fake and karaoke Americanism, the book examines this global mediation as well as the way America is appropriated in pop culture produced outside of the USA, as demonstrated by such diverse cultural icons as the Elvis-inspired crooner Lee Towers and the Moroccan-Dutch rapper Ali B. This revised and extended edition includes a new chapter on Barack Obama and Michael Jackson as global celebrities and a new afterword on teaching American pop culture.

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À propos de l'auteur

Jaap Kooijman is Associate Professor in Media Studies and American Studies at the University of Amsterdam.

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Éditeur
Routledge
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9089645594
ISBN 13 
9789089645593
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
232
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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