Americana (culture)  

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Americana artifacts are related to the history, geography, folklore, and cultural heritage of the United States of America. Americana is any collection of materials and things concerning or characteristic of the United States or of the American people, and is representative or even stereotypical of American culture as a whole.

Examples

Cultural symbols

• The Statue of Liberty
• The U.S. flag, and Old Glory in particular
• "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• The Fourth of July
• Apple pie
• Cowboy
• Baseball
• Cheerleading
• White picket fence
• Religious camp meeting
• Tent revival

Brand names

• Coca-Cola
• Levi's blue jeans, especially Levi's 501s
• Budweiser
• Jim Beam
• Jack Daniel's
• Marlboro
• Harley-Davidson
• Ford
• Chevrolet
• Nike

See also

• History of immigration to the United States
• Culture of the United States
• Folklore of the United States
• History of the United States
• American studies
• Transcendentalism
• Romanticism
• Black Americana

Similar concepts

• Australiana, for cultural artifacts from Australia
• Canadiana, for cultural artifacts from Canada
• Communist nostalgia, a similar concept in former or currently communist countries
• Floridiana, artifacts relating to the state of Florida.
• Hawaiiana, Native Hawaiian cultural artifacts from the U.S. state of Hawaii.
• Kiwiana, for cultural artifacts from New Zealand (Kiwi being a nickname for New Zealanders).
• Ostalgie, a similar concept in East Germany
• PRL nostalgia, a similar concept in Poland
• Rhodesiana, a similar concept in Zimbabwe relating to items made in its colonial (Rhodesia) era
• Soviet nostalgia, a similar concept in the former Soviet Union
• Yugo-nostalgia, a similar concept in the former Yugoslav states