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Amerikastudien / American Studies

One scholar argues that Judy Garland's role in A Star is Born was so pivotal because it involved both gender impersonation and “racial drag."

The American use of torture, then called the "water cure," in the Philippines during the war of 1899-1902 shocked some Americans of the day.

For more than a century, Hollywood has been offering Americans lifestyle advice on how to live better, and the public has been gobbling it up.

Were Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp films also subtle critiques of the social inequities of American capitalism?

Want to get away this summer? Come daydream with us to the kitchen of Julia Child, in the south of France...

Napoleon didn't like sitting for portraits, and yet artists and mass market prints helped cement his legendary status.

When you think of the aesthetic life of Elvis Presley, you probably think of the gaudy glitz of Graceland. But what did the tacky décor really mean?

Bambi has had a pervasive influence on how Americans view nature, and that might not be such a good thing.

Today is Dorothy Parker's birthday, so you should probably have a martini or two in celebration.