Fabricating the Absolute Fake - Revised Edition

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

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Dr. Jaap Kooijman, J.w. (Jaap) Kooijman, Jaap Kooijman
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.10.2013
• EAN: 9789089645593
• ISBN: 978-90-8964-559-3
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: American Studies; American Studies
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories