Table of Contents

Introduction Mandy Merck 1. The Little American Kristen Whissel 2. The Vanishing American William R Handley 3. American Madness Eric Smoodin 4. An American Romance Rembert Hüser 5. An American in Paris Pam Cook 6. The Quiet American Peter William Evans 7. The Americanization of Emily Sharon Willis 8. American Graffiti Barry Langford 9. American Gigolo H. N. Lukes 10. An American Werewolf in London Diane Negra 11. American Me Ana María Dopico 12. American History X Paul Smith 13. American Pie Mandy Merck 14. American Splendor Esther Leslie

About the Author

Mandy Merck is Professor of Media Arts at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of Perversions: Deviant Readings (1993), In Your Face: Nine Sexual Studies (2000) and Hollywood's American Tragedies (forthcoming 2007). She is editor of After Diana (1998) and co-editor of Coming Out of Feminism (1998) and The Art of Tracey Emin (2002).