In this Book
- Fabricating the Absolute Fake - revised edition
- 2014
- Book
- Published by: Amsterdam University Press
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

summary
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.
Table of Contents
- Title, Copyright
- pp. i-iv
- Table of Contents
- pp. 5-6
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 7-8
- Additional Acknowledgements
- pp. 9-10
- Conclusion: Let’s Make Things Better
- pp. 169-174
- Afterword: Teaching the Absolute Fake
- pp. 175-186
- Bibliography
- pp. 209-220
Additional Information
ISBN
9789048519552
Related ISBN(s)
9789089645593
MARC Record
OCLC
1226560583
Launched on MUSE
2020-12-17
Language
English
Open Access
Yes