| The Journal of Popular Culture | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviated title (ISO) | JPC |
| Discipline | Culture |
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| Publisher | Blackwell Publishing (USA) |
| Publication history | 1968 to present |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0022-3840 |
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The Journal of Popular Culture (JPC) is a peer-reviewed journal and the official publication of the Popular Culture Association.
The Journal of Popular Culture publishes academic essays on all aspects of popular or mass culture. The organization has a meeting each year, usually within the continental United States, with the American Culture Association.
The Journal of Popular Culture is dedicated to publishing scholarship resulting from studies of popular culture. The popular culture movement was founded on the principle that the perspectives and experiences of common folk offer compelling insights into the social world. The fabric of human social life is not merely the art deemed worthy to hang in museums, the books that have won literary prizes or been named "classics," or the religious and social ceremonies carried out by societies' elite. The Journal of Popular Culture continues to break down the barriers between so-called "low" and "high" culture and focuses on filling in the gaps that a neglect of popular culture has left in our understanding of the workings of society.
The JPC is headquartered in East Lansing, Michigan and is published six times a year, printed by Blackwell Publishing. The editor is Gary C. Hoppenstand.