Boris Vian, inventor of America
FEBRUARY 2023
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Marc Lapprand - UNIVERSITÉ DE VICTORIA
TOPICS : Literature - Music - Americanization through the Arts
PLACES : Europe - North America
PERIOD : The Consolidation of Mass Cultures
DOI : 10.35008/tracs-0271
ABSTRACT
During his short life, Boris Vian introduced American culture to France in his two favorite forms: jazz and literature. Having never crossed the Atlantic, he invented an imaginary America where his own passions thrived while remaining a lucid defender of the United States’ enormous cultural contributions.
- ISSN 2739-6614