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Fabricating the Absolute Fake
Jaap Kooijman
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Description for Fabricating the Absolute Fake
Paperback. A fascinating exploration of how global cultures struggle to create their own -America within a post-9/11 media culture, the revised edition of Fabricating the Absolute Fake reflects on what it might mean to truly take part in American pop culture. Series: American Studies. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Series
American Studies
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
Amsterdam, Netherlands
ISBN
9789089645593
SKU
V9789089645593
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About Jaap Kooijman
Jaap Kooijman is Associate Professor in Media Studies and American Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
Reviews for Fabricating the Absolute Fake
"A brilliant, thoroughly enjoyable work of cultural critique, this book teaches us that interpreting the behemoth of American popular culture does not have to involve a polarized choice between naïve celebration and disgusted condemnation. Kooijman takes seemingly exhausted concepts like Americanization and turns them on their head. [...] He demonstrates just how flexible the signifiers of Americanness can be when ... Read more