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January 30, 2004

Where's America Popular?

Interesting, scholarly, but eminently readable piece by literary "anti-theorist" Franco Moretti that methodically details in which nations American films are popular, and what kind of films are popular there. For example: Jamaicans seem to love American action films; they're Jamaica's favorite movie genre. At the other end, Austrians could care less.