in pursuit of American pop culture in the Muslim world /
Richard Poplak.
Toronto :
Penguin Canada,
2009.
ix, 389 p. :
ill., maps ;
23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references: p. 371-386.
In The Sheikh's Batmobile, pop-cultural commentator Richard Poplak sets out on an unusual two-year odyssey. His mission is to see what becomes of his, and North America's, obsessions - pop songs and sitcoms, Hollywood movies and shoot-em-up video games, muscle cars and punk music - when they make their way into the Muslim world. Over the course of his journey, Poplak is body slammed by WWE fans in Afghanistan, hangs out with hip-hop artists in Palestine, head bangs to heavy metal in Cairo, discovers a world of extreme makeovers in Beirut, bowls with the chief of police in small-town Kazakhstan, and encounters a mysterious Texan building rocket-propelled batmobiles for a clientele of sheikhs.
Sheikh's batmobile.
Popular culture-- Islamic countries.
Popular culture-- United States.
Culture populaire-- États-Unis.
Culture populaire-- Pays musulmans.
Pays musulmans-- Civilisation-- Influence américaine.
Civilization-- American influences.
Civilization.
Einfluss
Islam
Kultur
Pop-Kultur
Popular culture.
Islamic countries, Civilization, 21st century.
Islamic countries, Civilization, American influences.