{"product_id":"the-sheikhs-batmobile-richard-poplak-9781593762926","title":"The Sheikh's Batmobile: In Pursuit of American Pop Culture in the Muslim World","description":"What happens to our pop culture when it meets another culture head-on--especially one that, according to some, is completely at odds with our own? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Sheikh's Batmobile\u003c\/i\u003e, pop culture commentator Richard Poplak sets out on an unusual two-year odyssey. His mission is to see what becomes of his and 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOver the course of his journey, Poplak gets body-slammed by WWE fans in Afghanistan, hangs out with hip-hop artists in Palestine, headbangs 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 who builds rocket-propelled Batmobiles for a clientele of sheikhs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith uproarious humor and keen cultural insight, Poplak asks some vital questions: How is American pop culture consumed and reinterpreted in the Islamic world? What does that say about how we are viewed by young Muslims? And can Homer Simpson bridge the divisions that are tearing our world apart?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Poplak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1593762925\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781593762926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.40w x 0.97d","brand":"Richard Poplak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190816305407,"sku":"9781593762926","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d9a6fe08-30d3-476b-a14c-f32e01cf34e3.jpg?v=1690872524","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-sheikhs-batmobile-richard-poplak-9781593762926","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}