Books in the CultureAmerica series

Examines the efforts of Harlem Renaissance artists and writers to create a hybrid expression of black identity that drew on their past while participating in contemporary American culture. This book investigates the Renaissance print culture, arguing that illustrations became the most timely and often most radical visual products of the movement.

Firsthand experience and research shed light on claims that Euro Disneyland is nothing but American cultural imperialism. A former employee goes beyond media bites and academic scorn to examine Europe's love/hate relationship with the park and some of the undiscussed issues surrounding it.

The ghostly presence stands in for numerous other ""voices"" in a range of American films. In this synthesis of film and politics, Ray Pratt aims to show how such movies are deeply rooted in post-war American culture and continue to exert an enormous influence on the national imagination.