Editing Americana (culture) (section)

==Examples==
[[File:Oroville State Theatre during blue hour (2024)-L1005456.jpg|thumb|Americana in architecture: the Oroville State Theatre in the historic downtown of [[Oroville, California|Oroville]], a former gold mining town in Northern California]]
[[File:National Bullriding Championship Finals 2024-104A3770.jpg|thumb|Flag girls at a Rodeo]]
[[File:The Cow Boy 1888.jpg|thumb|Cowboys are a quintessential figure of the Wild West and American frontier.]]

===Cultural symbols===
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* [[American football]]<ref name ="christensen"/>
* [[Baseball]]<ref name="evans"/>
* [[Blue jeans]]<ref name="americana"/>
* [[Superman|Clark Kent]] and [[Superman]]
* [[Cowboy]] 
* [[Professional Wrestling|Professional wrestling]]
* [[Flag of the United States]]<ref name="americana">{{cite web |url=https://passionpassport.com/americana-photography/#:~:text=Other%20examples%20of%20Americana%20include,represented%20by%20more%20abstract%20ideas. |title=How to Capture "Americana" in Photography |last=Perelman |first=Britton |date=August 27, 2020 |website=Passion Passport}}</ref>
* [[Independence Day (United States)|Fourth of July]]<ref name="Smithsonian"/>
* [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]
* [[Mount Rushmore]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Mount Rushmore Sculptor Gutzon Borglum Carved American History |url=https://www.artisticfuel.com/culture/mount-rushmore-danish-sculptor-shaped-american-history/ |website=Artistic Fuel |date=17 February 2020}}</ref>
*[[Route 66]]<ref name="Americana: Dispatches from the New Frontier">{{cite book|last=Sides|first=Hampton|title=Americana: Dispatches from the New Frontier|date=2007|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=978-1400033553|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hXeRDJTlQkQC&dq=Americana&pg=PT7}}</ref>
* [[Small town]]<ref name="americana"/>
* [[Statue of Liberty]]<ref name="Smithsonian"/>
* [[Tent revival]]<ref name="Stoutland2006">{{cite book|last=Stoutland|first=Frederick A. |title=Landscapes of Christianity|year=2006|publisher=FAS Publishing|language=English|isbn=9780977234103|page=361}}</ref>
* [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]]<ref name ="christensen">{{cite web |title=What is Americana? (with pictures) |url=https://www.unitedstatesnow.org/what-is-americana.htm |website=United States Now|date=28 August 2023 }}</ref>
* White [[picket fence]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080303/NEWS/116283318?p=all&tc=pgall|title=White picket fences appease homeowners|last=Xiong|first=Nzong|date=2008-03-03|publisher=TuscaloosaNews.com|agency=McClatchy-Tribune News Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902192009/http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080303/NEWS/116283318?p=all&tc=pgall|archive-date=2015-09-02|quote=Americana aside, people like white picket fences for a couple of practical reasons.}}</ref><ref name="americana"/>
*[[Wild West]]<ref name="americana"/>

===Food===
* [[Apple pie]]<ref name="evans">{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Jon |date=Sep 21, 2021 |title=Why "Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie And Chevrolet" Has Stood The Test Of Time |url=https://advertisingweek.com/why-baseball-hot-dogs-apple-pie-and-chevrolet-has-stood-the-test-of-time/ |work=Advertising Weekly}}</ref>
* [[Barbecue in the United States|Barbecue]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Warnes |first1=Andrew |title=Savage barbecue : race, culture, and the invention of America's first food |date=2008 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |location=Athens, Ga. |isbn=9780820328966}}</ref>
* [[Bubble gum]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=O'Leary |first1=Joanna |title=The Jewish history of Bazooka bubble gum |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-jewish-history-of-bazooka-bubble-gum/ |work=www.timesofisrael.com}}</ref>
* [[Chocolate brownie|Brownies]]
* [[Buffalo wing]]s<ref name="page"/>
* [[Corn flakes]]
* [[Meatloaf]]
* [[Hamburger]]s<ref>{{cite news |title=Behold the burger: Americana on a bun – DGO Magazine |url=https://dgomag.com/behold-the-burger-americana-on-a-bun/}}</ref>
* [[Hot dog]]s<ref name="evans"/>
* [[Fried chicken]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=McCarthy |first1=Amy |title=How Theme Parks Use Fried Chicken to Sell the American Dream |url=https://www.eater.com/23158685/disney-theme-parks-fried-chicken-americana |work=Eater |date=29 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Milkshake]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Milkshakes: pure Americana and a Hong Kong burger's best friend |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/48-hours/article/1803096/milkshakes-pure-americana-and-hong-kong-burgers-best-friend?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article&campaign=1803096 |work=South China Morning Post |date=20 May 2015 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Muffin]]s
* [[Pizza in the United States|Pizza, American-style]]<ref name="page">{{cite book |last1=Page |first1=David |title=Food Americana : the remarkable people and incredible stories behind America's favorite dishes |date=2021 |location=Coral Gables, FL |isbn=9781642505863}}</ref>

===Music===
* [[Blues]]<ref name= "graham">{{cite news |last1=Graham |first1=David A. |title=Without Jazz and Blues, There's No 'Americana' |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/05/jd-allen-americana-jazz-blues/482751/ |work=The Atlantic |date=17 May 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Country music|Country]]
* [[Folk music]]
* [[Jazz]]<ref name= "graham"/>
* [[Rock and roll]]<ref name="americana"/>
* "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]"<ref name="Smithsonian">{{cite magazine |last=Lineberry |first=Cate |date=March 1, 2007 |title=The Story Behind the Star Spangled Banner |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-behind-the-star-spangled-banner-149220970/ |magazine=Smithsonian Magazine}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
* [[Camp meeting]]<ref name="Stoutland2006"/>
* [[Tent revival]]<ref name="Stoutland2006"/>

=== Clothing and fashion ===

* [[Jeans|Blue jeans]]<ref name="Babcock" />
* [[T-shirt]]
* [[Cowboy hat]]
* [[Leather jacket|Motorcycle jacket]]<ref name="Babcock" />
* [[Jean jacket|Denim jacket]]<ref name="Babcock" />
* [[Cowboy boot]]s
* [[Penny loafer]]
* [[Workwear]]<ref name="Babcock" />
* [[Preppy|College prep]]
* [[Western wear#Shirt|Western shirt]]

===Brand names===

* [[Alden Shoe Company|Alden]]
* [[Allen Edmonds]]
* [[Budweiser]]
* [[Chevrolet]]<ref name="evans"/>
* [[Coca-Cola]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1990-10-07-9002180259-story.html|title=COCA-COLA A SIP OF AMERICANA THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING BETTER WITH COKE SINCE 1886.|first=Don |last=Melvin |website=Sun-Sentinel.com|date=7 October 1990 }}</ref><ref name=Day>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/10/business/media/10ADCO.html|title=THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; Coca-Cola goes back to its 'Real' past in an effort to find some new fizz for its Classic brand. - The New York Times|newspaper=The New York Times|date=10 January 2003|last1=Day|first1=Sherri|last2=Elliott|first2=Stuart}}</ref><ref name="americana"/>
* [[Disney]]
* [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
* [[Harley-Davidson]]
* [[Jack Daniel's]]
* [[JanSport]]
* [[Jim Beam]]
* [[Kellogg's]]
* [[Levi Strauss & Co.|Levi's]]<ref name=Day /><ref name=Babcock>{{Cite web|url=http://www.complex.com/style/2015/04/americana-essentials-that-never-go-out-of-style/|title=The Americana Essentials That Will Literally Never Go Out of Style &#124; Complex|website=[[Complex Networks]]}}</ref><ref name="americana"/>
* [[McDonalds]]
* [[Marlboro]]
* [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]]
* [[Stetson]]
* [[Texaco]]
* [[Timberland (company)|Timberland]]