Marshall Fishwick (1923–2006) was an American scholar, professor, writer, and editor, known for pioneering popular culture studies and founding the journal International Popular Culture. His work bridged high and low culture, analyzing mass media, television, and cultural archetypes.
Born in Roanoke, Virginia, he studied at the University of Virginia, the University of Wisconsin, and Yale University, later receiving honorary degrees from Bombay University and Dhaka University. He taught at Washington and Lee University (1949–62,) Temple University (1970–76,) and Virginia Tech (1976–2003,) where he founded American Studies and Popular Culture programs. Fishwick co-founded the Popular Culture Association (1970) with Ray B. Browne and Russel B. Nye, shaping a new academic discipline.
He received eight Fulbright Awards, teaching in Denmark, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Bangladesh, India, and Korea. His major works include The Face of Jang (1945,) Virginia: A New Look at the Old Dominion (1959,) The Hero: American Style (1969,) Common Culture and the Great Tradition (1982,) Seven Pillars of Popular Culture (1985,) and Great Awakenings: Popular Religion in America (1995.)
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The uncommitted life isn’t worth living.
—Marshall Fishwick
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