tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025602179148878023.post5806691173934035016..comments2023-10-17T00:42:28.556-07:00Comments on imagined networks: Can we claim a song as entirely "American"?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025602179148878023.post-84721181880291287652007-09-19T20:02:00.000-07:002007-09-19T20:02:00.000-07:00Sarah,I was also bothered by the passage that desc...Sarah,<BR/><BR/>I was also bothered by the passage that describes the pop music phenomenon in the Phillipines as the product of American 'missionization and political rape' -- doesn't this conflict with his definition of a landscape as a 'perspectival construct'?<BR/><BR/>Also, your post reminds me of what my friends have told me about Bollywood. Apparently, some of the Indian actors that are more comfortable with English than Hindi have to be given phonetic transcriptions of the screenplay. Also, in contrast to the French voice-over actors, Bollywood playback singers are often as famous as their on-screen counterparts.ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03116273012092809505noreply@blogger.com