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, tele...

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Main Author: Kooijman, Jaap (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam University Press 2013
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