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BL
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1049219
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bc498
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| Language of Document
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English
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| Main Entry
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Poplak, Richard.
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| Title & Author
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The Sheikh's batmobile : : in pursuit of American pop culture in the Muslim world /\ Richard Poplak.
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| Publication Statement
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Toronto :: Penguin Canada,, 2009.
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| Page. NO
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ix, 389 p. :: ill., maps ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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9780143056553
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: 0143056557
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references: p. 371-386.
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| Abstract
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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.
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Popular culture-- Islamic countries.
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Popular culture-- United States.
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Pays musulmans-- Civilisation-- Influence américaine.
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Culture populaire-- Pays musulmans.
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Culture populaire-- États-Unis.
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Civilization.
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Civilization-- American influences.
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Popular culture.
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Islam
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Pop-Kultur
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Kultur
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Einfluss
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Islamic countries, Civilization, American influences.
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Islamic countries, Civilization, 21st century.
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United States, Civilization, 21st century.
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Pays musulmans, Civilisation, 21e siècle.
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États-Unis, Civilisation, 21e siècle.
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Islamic countries.
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United States.
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Naher Osten
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USA
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| Dewey Classification
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303.48/21767073
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| LC Classification
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E169.12.P67 2009
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| NLM classification
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cci1icclacc
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