The Resource After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East, Brian T. Edwards
After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East, Brian T. Edwards
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- Summary
- When Henry Luce announced in 1941 that we were living in an "American century," he believed the international popularity of American culture made a world favorable to U.S. interests. For decades, his claim seemed to hold. Now, in the digital twenty-first century, the "American century" has been superseded, as American movies, music, video games, and television shows are received, understood, and transformed in unexpected ways. How do we make sense of this shift' Built on a decade of fieldwork in Cairo, Casablanca, and Tehran, Brian T. Edwards maps new routes of cultural exchange that are unpredictable, accelerated, and full of diversions. Shaped by the digital revolution, these paths are entwined with the growing fragility of American "soft" power. They indicate an era after the American century, in which popular American products and phenomena, such as comic books, teen romances, social networking sites, and American ways of expressing sexuality, are stripped of their American associations and creatively re-presented in very different terms. A film like Argo or superhero comics is then imbibed with new meanings. Arguing against those in both scholarly and policy circles who talk about a world in which American culture is merely replicated or appropriated, Edwards focuses instead on creative moments of uptake, in which Arabs and Iranians make something unexpected. He argues that these products do more then extend the reach of the original. They reflect a world in which culture endlessly circulates and gathers new meanings
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- Contents
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- After the American century : ends of circulation
- Jumping publics : Egyptian fictions of the digital age
- Argo fuck yourself : Iranian cinema and the curious logics of circulation
- Coming out in Casablanca : Shrek, sex, and the teen pic in contemporary Morocco
- Epilogue: Embracing orientalism in the homeland
- Isbn
- 9780231540551
- Label
- After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East
- Title
- After the American century
- Title remainder
- the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East
- Statement of responsibility
- Brian T. Edwards
- Subject
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- Culture diffusion
- Culture diffusion -- Middle East
- Electronic books
- Ethnic attitudes
- Ethnic attitudes -- Middle East
- Globalization -- Social aspects
- Globalization -- Social aspects -- Middle East
- International relations
- Middle East
- Middle East -- Civilization -- 21st century
- 2000-2099
- Orientalism
- Orientalism -- United States
- Popular culture
- Popular culture -- Middle East
- Popular culture -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- United States
- United States -- Relations -- Middle East
- Middle East -- Relations -- United States
- Civilization
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When Henry Luce announced in 1941 that we were living in an "American century," he believed the international popularity of American culture made a world favorable to U.S. interests. For decades, his claim seemed to hold. Now, in the digital twenty-first century, the "American century" has been superseded, as American movies, music, video games, and television shows are received, understood, and transformed in unexpected ways. How do we make sense of this shift' Built on a decade of fieldwork in Cairo, Casablanca, and Tehran, Brian T. Edwards maps new routes of cultural exchange that are unpredictable, accelerated, and full of diversions. Shaped by the digital revolution, these paths are entwined with the growing fragility of American "soft" power. They indicate an era after the American century, in which popular American products and phenomena, such as comic books, teen romances, social networking sites, and American ways of expressing sexuality, are stripped of their American associations and creatively re-presented in very different terms. A film like Argo or superhero comics is then imbibed with new meanings. Arguing against those in both scholarly and policy circles who talk about a world in which American culture is merely replicated or appropriated, Edwards focuses instead on creative moments of uptake, in which Arabs and Iranians make something unexpected. He argues that these products do more then extend the reach of the original. They reflect a world in which culture endlessly circulates and gathers new meanings
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Edwards, Brian T.
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Middle East
- Popular culture
- Popular culture
- Orientalism
- Ethnic attitudes
- Culture diffusion
- Globalization
- Middle East
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Civilization
- Culture diffusion
- Ethnic attitudes
- Globalization
- International relations
- Orientalism
- Popular culture
- Middle East
- United States
- Label
- After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East, Brian T. Edwards
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- After the American century : ends of circulation -- Jumping publics : Egyptian fictions of the digital age -- Argo fuck yourself : Iranian cinema and the curious logics of circulation -- Coming out in Casablanca : Shrek, sex, and the teen pic in contemporary Morocco -- Epilogue: Embracing orientalism in the homeland
- Control code
- ocn929851462
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231540551
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
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- 22573/ctt14d2w69
- eac4a84f-3a03-41ff-a947-c005348a652a
- Publisher number
- EB00640447
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)929851462
- Label
- After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East, Brian T. Edwards
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- After the American century : ends of circulation -- Jumping publics : Egyptian fictions of the digital age -- Argo fuck yourself : Iranian cinema and the curious logics of circulation -- Coming out in Casablanca : Shrek, sex, and the teen pic in contemporary Morocco -- Epilogue: Embracing orientalism in the homeland
- Control code
- ocn929851462
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780231540551
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 22573/ctt14d2w69
- eac4a84f-3a03-41ff-a947-c005348a652a
- Publisher number
- EB00640447
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)929851462
Subject
- Culture diffusion
- Culture diffusion -- Middle East
- Electronic books
- Ethnic attitudes
- Ethnic attitudes -- Middle East
- Globalization -- Social aspects
- Globalization -- Social aspects -- Middle East
- International relations
- Middle East
- Middle East -- Civilization -- 21st century
- 2000-2099
- Orientalism
- Orientalism -- United States
- Popular culture
- Popular culture -- Middle East
- Popular culture -- United States
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General
- United States
- United States -- Relations -- Middle East
- Middle East -- Relations -- United States
- Civilization
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