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
Resource Information
The item After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East, Brian T. Edwards represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East, Brian T. Edwards represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "When Henry Luce announced in 1941 that we were living in the 'American century,' he believed that the international popularity of American culture made the world favorable to U.S. interests. Now, in the digital twenty-first century, the American century has been superseded, as American movies, music, video games, and television shows are received, understood, and transformed in unexpected ways.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? Building on a decade of fieldwork in Cairo, Casablanca, and Tehran, Brian T. Edwards maps new routes of cultural exchange that are innovative, 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 ways of expressing sexuality--are stripped of their associations with the United States and recast in very different forms. Arguing against those who talk about a world in which American culture is merely replicated or appropriated, Edwards focuses on creative moments of uptake, in which Arabs and Iranians make something unpredicted. He argues that these products do more than extend the reach of the original. They reflect a world in which culture endlessly circulates and gathers new meanings"--From publisher's website
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xv, 268 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780231174015
- 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
-
- Culture diffusion
- Culture diffusion -- Middle East
- Ethnic attitudes
- Ethnic attitudes -- Middle East
- Globalization -- Social aspects
- Globalization -- Social aspects -- Middle East
- International relations
- Middle East
- 2000-2099
- Middle East -- Relations -- United States
- Orientalism
- Orientalism -- United States
- Popular culture
- Popular culture -- Middle East
- Popular culture -- United States
- United States
- United States -- Relations -- Middle East
- Middle East -- Civilization -- 21st century
- Civilization
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "When Henry Luce announced in 1941 that we were living in the 'American century,' he believed that the international popularity of American culture made the world favorable to U.S. interests. 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? Building on a decade of fieldwork in Cairo, Casablanca, and Tehran, Brian T. Edwards maps new routes of cultural exchange that are innovative, 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 ways of expressing sexuality--are stripped of their associations with the United States and recast in very different forms. Arguing against those who talk about a world in which American culture is merely replicated or appropriated, Edwards focuses on creative moments of uptake, in which Arabs and Iranians make something unpredicted. He argues that these products do more than extend the reach of the original. They reflect a world in which culture endlessly circulates and gathers new meanings"--From publisher's website
- Cataloging source
- MUU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1968-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Edwards, Brian T.
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS63.2.U5
- LC item number
- E38 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- United States
- Middle East
- Popular culture
- Popular culture
- Orientalism
- Ethnic attitudes
- Culture diffusion
- Globalization
- Middle East
- 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
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-254) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- 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
- 1020287043
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xv, 268 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231174015
- Lccn
- 2015020790
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1020287043
- Label
- After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East, Brian T. Edwards
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-254) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- 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
- 1020287043
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xv, 268 pages
- Isbn
- 9780231174015
- Lccn
- 2015020790
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1020287043
Subject
- Culture diffusion
- Culture diffusion -- Middle East
- Ethnic attitudes
- Ethnic attitudes -- Middle East
- Globalization -- Social aspects
- Globalization -- Social aspects -- Middle East
- International relations
- Middle East
- 2000-2099
- Middle East -- Relations -- United States
- Orientalism
- Orientalism -- United States
- Popular culture
- Popular culture -- Middle East
- Popular culture -- United States
- United States
- United States -- Relations -- Middle East
- Middle East -- Civilization -- 21st century
- Civilization
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/After-the-American-century--the-ends-of-U.S./sd0W3lOcroY/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/After-the-American-century--the-ends-of-U.S./sd0W3lOcroY/">After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East, Brian T. Edwards</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/">University of Missouri Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East, Brian T. Edwards
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/After-the-American-century--the-ends-of-U.S./sd0W3lOcroY/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/portal/After-the-American-century--the-ends-of-U.S./sd0W3lOcroY/">After the American century : the ends of U.S. culture in the Middle East, Brian T. Edwards</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.missouri.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.missouri.edu/">University of Missouri Libraries</a></span></span></span></span></div>
