Manon Fabre

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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...

Yaniv Arroua

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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

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Boris Vian, Inventor of America

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

Pierre Fargeton

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Ray Ventura, Jazz and French Chanson: an Ambiguous Americanization

In the 1930s, Ray Ventura and his Collégiens established themselves as a model of French chanson,...