JAAAS - Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies

JAAAS - Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies The Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies (JAAAS; ISSN 2616-9533) is a peer-revie JAAAS is powered by Open Journal Systems.

The Journal of the Austrian Association for American Studies (JAAAS; ISSN 2616-9533) is a peer-reviewed open-access journal which creates an interdisciplinary space for debate on all aspects of American studies. It functions as a forum for Americanists in Austria and the global academic community. Published twice a year, the journal welcomes submissions on a wide range of topics, aiming to broaden

the multi- and interdisciplinary study of American cultures. JAAAS does not charge any article-processing charges (APCs). JAAAS is supported by the Austrian Association for American Studies and hosted and supported by the University of Graz, Austria. JAAAS is published twice a year, in the spring and in the fall. Open-access content is licensed under CC BY 4.0.

30/06/2025

T-shirt worn during a Paris concert sparked criticism for calling Native Americans ‘the enemies of peace’

29/06/2025

It’s that time of year again, when we take a moment to look at America’s small towns and celebrate the things that make them unique. These are the sorts of places where you can hop aboard a trolley for a history tour, sip on classic milkshakes and dine on steam pots of shellfish seasoned with Old Bay, and visit museums specializing in Indigenous lifeways and Revolutionary War artifacts.

From a Connecticut perch that inspired the beloved television series “Gilmore Girls” to an agricultural hub in Washington State that’s been transformed into an artist enclave see which small towns made this year's list: https://bit.ly/4kTPl7g

📸: Randi Reding

29/06/2025

How do literature and culture across the Americas depict the intersections of Jewishness, Blackness, and Indigeneity?

In a new interview, author Stephanie Pridgeon discusses her book Absorption Narratives, exploring these identities through a comparative, inter-American lens, challenging binary ideas of race, and highlighting timely questions of belonging and memory.

Read the interview: bit.ly/4lkptS1

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28/06/2025

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28/06/2025

“We need a nation closer to ‘The Waltons’ than ‘The Simpsons,’” George H. W. Bush said at the National Religious Broadcasters convention in January 1992, “an America that rejects the incivility, the tide of incivility, and the tide of intolerance.”
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Bush’s speechwriter Curt Smith thought “The Waltons” embodied a kind of propriety that appealed to Middle America. When Alan Siegel interviewed him in 2022, Smith told him that he felt that “The Simpsons” looked down on the heartland. “You had two cultures at war in this country. And I say that sadly,” he said. “‘The Waltons’ with red America and ‘The Simpsons’ with blue America.”

To play up that divide, Smith added the line into Bush’s address, with, according to Smith, his boss’s approval. “I felt deeply that the line was germane,” Smith told Siegal. “And it would help us politically.”

He turned out to be wrong about that last part, Siegel writes. Bush’s broadside pushed the creators of “The Simpsons” to fire back by tacking on a scene to the opening of that week’s episode. The family is gathered around the TV, which is playing footage of the president’s insult, when Bart says, “Hey, we’re just like the Waltons. We’re praying for an end to the Depression too.” The mainstream media also pointed out the irony of the president waxing poetic about an old TV show that took place during a terrible economy.

Bush doubled down on the line during the election, which he ultimately lost to Bill Clinton. “It would be a stretch to say that Bush’s decision to poke at ‘The Simpsons’ cost him a second term,” Siegel writes. “But it did demonstrate how silly politicians can look when they try to use pop culture to score easy points with their base. People in the heartland watched the show too—partly because the Simpsons had the same issues as millions of Americans … The show was at its core wholesome, even if the president at the time didn’t acknowledge as much.”

It wasn’t the first time, and it wouldn’t be the last time, a politician who claimed that a pop-culture icon was threatening American values left out key information about his target. Read more:

27/06/2025

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Interrogating the notion of "America" and looking at the U.S. within its transnational and (trans-)hemispheric interconnections, JAAAS wants to challenge disciplinary boundaries by bringing together original and innovative work by scholars who focus on topics as diverse as literature, cultural studies, film and new media, visual arts, ethnic studies, indigenous studies, performance studies, q***r studies, border studies, mobility studies, age studies, game studies, and animal studies. Apart from offering insights into trans- and international American literary and cultural studies and offering European perspectives on America, the journal also seeks scholarship that deals with history, music, politics, geography, ecocriticism, race, ethnicity, sexuality, gender, law, and any other aspect of American culture and society.

JAAAS welcomes submissions from new, emerging, and established scholars on various topics related to American culture (literature, film, television, visual arts, etc.). Although scholars working in the broad field of American Studies are the expected primary authors, anyone conducting research on American culture is encouraged to submit a proposal.

Work that meets the following prerequisites is likely to be a good fit for JAAAS:


  • It is original scholarship, neither previously published in English nor under consideration elsewhere, with a compelling argument;