Trespassing Borders: Josh Woodward’s Song ‘Border Blaster’ and the Free Circulation of Culture
Abstract
Starting from the analysis of Josh Woodward’s song Border Blaster, whose title refers to a type of radio station which broadcasts across the Mexican-American border (and in this song accompanies the unauthorized journey of an immigrant), this article demonstrates how the image of the border blaster can illustrate the trespassing of the border of traditional business logic for a freer circulation of cultural products, and how the same image can also be proposed as a metaphor for the survival of ties to native lands in a transcultural perspective, as opposed to the metaphor of the melting pot.
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