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.