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