Fabricating the Absolute Fake - revised edition : America in Contemporary Pop Culture - Revised Edition /

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 perfor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kooijman, Jaap (Author)
Corporate Author:	Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2014]
Series:	American Studies
Subjects:	Civilization > American influences. Popular culture > Netherlands. Popular culture > United States. Civilisation > Influence américaine. Culture populaire > Pays-Bas. Culture populaire > États-Unis. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. Civilization > American influences Popular culture Netherlands United States Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Additional Acknowledgments
Introduction. Fabricating the Absolute Fake
1. We Are the World. America's Dominance in Global Pop Culture
2. The Oprahification of 9/11. America as Imagined Community
3. The Desert of the Real. America as Hyperreality
4. Americans We Never Were. Dutch Pop Culture as Karaoke Americanism
5. The Dutch Dream. Americanization, Pop Culture, and National Identity
6. Yes We Can, This Is It. America and Celebrity Culture
Conclusion. Let's Make Things Better
Afterword. Teaching the Absolute Fake
Notes
Bibliography
Index