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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?

Even at more open-minded times, gays and gay culture is always seen as a frivolous—a decorative, added bonus of civilization.

Where poison ivy comes from, why it gives some people such terrible reactions, and why—unfortunately for hikers and gardeners—its future is bright.

How changing mores, cultural pressures, and, yes, the jewelry industry made two-ring wedding ceremonies the norm in America.

Ongoing study and debate about gender neutral pronouns.

For many immigrants to the U.S. in the late 19th century, July 4th was deeply significant: Their own home countries were fighting for independence.