How Popular Culture Travels, Sylvie Mikowski, Yann Philippe (eds.)

Abstract

In the Introduction to their thought-provoking and thoroughly enjoyable volume How Popular Culture Travels, Mikowski and Philippe invite us on an archaeological dig through the multiple strata of complex cultural exchanges to uncover the bedrock of connections that form the essence of intercultural transfer – and, dare I say it, they have unearthed some gems… The starting point for the dig clearly illustrates the difficulty and the importance of reaching this bedrock: the origin of the song D...