Flattery and imitation: the keen attempts to reproduce Americana across the globe
American hegemony and the professionally polished field of consumer culture theory
Anthropologists, ironically or otherwise, explaining exotic Americana for the benefit of the rest of the world
Analyses of contemporary modes of Vassalisation
Resistances of all kinds: attempts to counter and break from American consumerism through experiments in commodification and hyper-consumerism
Submissions that are polemical, Gonzo, inspired by Baudrillard's America or Adorno's Minima Moralia or Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan that are radical of heart and stylistically break with the norms and expectations branded into doctoral students