230 Pages
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Routledge
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... Read more
Acknowledgments, Additional Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. We Are the World, 2. The Oprahification of 9/11, 3. The Desert of the Real, 4. Americans We Never Were, 5. The Dutch Dream, 6. Yes We Can, This Is It, Conclusion, Afterword, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Biography
Jaap Kooijman is Associate Professor in Media Studies and American Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
