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Kooijman, Jaap, author.

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

Imprint	Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, Š2013.
Publication Info.	Š2013

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe JSTOR Open Ebooks	Electronic Book	---	Available

Edition	Revised and extended edition.
Description	1 online resource (231 pages)
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	computer c rdamedia
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Series	American Studies
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note	Print version record.
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
Access	Open Access EbpS
Contents	Front matter -- 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
Language	English.
Subject	Popular culture -- United States.
	Popular culture -- Netherlands.
	Netherlands -- Civilization -- American influences.
	Civilization -- American influences.
	Culture populaire -- États-Unis.
	Culture populaire -- Pays-Bas.
	Civilisation -- Influence américaine.
	POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
	Civilization -- American influences
	Popular culture
	Netherlands https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJk4D96j3YTHJQfHCV3vpP
	United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Indexed Term	media
	pop culture
	culture
Other Form:	Print version: 9089645594 9789089645593
ISBN	9048519551 (electronic bk.)
	9789048519552 (electronic bk.)
	9789048519569 (e-book)
	904851956X (e-book)
	9089645594 (pbk.)
	9789089645593 (pbk.)
Standard No.	10.1515/9789048519552 doi
	AU@ 000054198185
	CHNEW 000672837
	CHNEW 000693335
	CHNEW 000693338
	DEBBG BV043154281
	DEBBG BV044185924
	DEBSZ 421209437
	DEBSZ 449446956
	GBVCP 1003763251