Fabricating the Absolute Fake - 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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Autor principal: Kooijman, Jaap (Autor)
Format: Electrònic eBook
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2013.
Edició:Revised and extended edition.
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Sumari: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.
Descripció física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9789048519552
Accés:Open Access