Clara Bouveresse

en

Was “American” Photography a European Invention?

This paper explores the dialogue between European and “American” photography from the end of the 1930s...

Manon Fabre

fr en

Ray Ventura and His Collegians: from imitation to a Franco-American hybrid

In the early 1930s, Ray Ventura and His Collegians recorded in Paris covers of hit songs from...

Anaïs Fléchet, Martin Guerpin, Philip Nord, Philippe Gumplowicz

fr en

Americanization through the Arts

This collection focuses on analyses of artworks and brings together articles that examine the...

Edward Berenson

fr en

Levitt-villes in France

In 1965, William Levitt, America’s largest home builder and creator of the famous Levittowns,...

Catherine Rudent

fr

Les années yéyé : des chansons américaines sous-titrées ?

Au début des années 1960, les chansons yéyé sont réputées responsables d'une irruption massive de...

Sébastien Carney

fr

Le revival de la musique bretonne : une déclinaison locale des contre-cultures américaines

Au tournant des années des années 1960 et 1970, un mouvement revivaliste a produit en Bretagne ce que...

Jean-Loup Bourget

fr en

Hitchcock, an Englishman in Hollywood

Alfred Hitchcock's entire career was transatlantic. After fulfilling his dream of accessing Hollywood’...

Nicolas Hatzfeld

fr en

American Working Methods in Jacques Tati’s Films and on French Television

Jacques Tati’s films lampoon France’s fascination with the United States during the early postwar...

Yaniv Arroua

fr en

Haute-Vienne on U.S. time: the Americanization of a French Province in the 1930s

When, how and at what pace did a French province become Americanized? This article traces the arrival...

Marc Lapprand

fr en

Boris Vian, Inventor of America

During his short life, Boris Vian introduced American culture to France in his two favorite forms:...