Kooijman Fabricating the Absolute Fake - revised edition

America in Contemporary Pop Culture - Revised Edition
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-90-485-1955-2
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 231 Seiten

Reihe: American Studies

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kooijman, Jaap

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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

Jaap Kooijman is associate professor of media and culture and American studies at the University of Amsterdam.