19-609: Not to be confused with Americana (culture) . [REDACTED] Look up americano in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Americano may refer to: Drinks [ edit ] Caffè americano , a style of coffee prepared by adding hot water to espresso Americano (apéritif) , a variety of apéritif Americano (cocktail) , a cocktail composed of Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Films [ edit ] The Americano (1916 film) ,
38-502: A 17th-century lathe , a piece of faience , or a television each provides a wealth of information about the time in which they were manufactured and used. Cultural artifacts, whether ancient or current, have a significance because they offer an insight into: technological processes, economic development and social structure, among other attributes. The philosopher Marx W. Wartofsky categorized artifacts as follows: Social artifacts, unlike archaeological artifacts, do not need to have
57-407: A 1916 film directed by John Emerson The Americano (1955 film) , a 1956 film directed by William Castle Americano (2005 film) , a 2005 film Americano (2011 film) , a 2011 film El Americano: The Movie , a 2016 film Music [ edit ] "Americano" (song) , a 2011 song by Lady Gaga "The Americano", instrumental single by Xavier Cugat 1954 "Americano", a cover of
76-515: A Mexican land grant in Sonoma County, California, US Sports [ edit ] Americano Futebol Clube , a Brazilian football (soccer) club from Campos dos Goytacazes, Rio de Janeiro Americano Futebol Clube (MA) , a Brazilian football club in Bacabal, Maranhão Sport Club Americano , a defunct Brazilian football (soccer) club from Santos, São Paulo Sport Club Americano (Porto Alegre) ,
95-475: A defunct Brazilian football (soccer) club from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul See also [ edit ] Fútbol Americano , marketing name used for the first National Football League (NFL) regular season game held outside the US Americanum Americanus (disambiguation) Americana (disambiguation) Americain (disambiguation) American (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
114-471: A genre of contemporary music that incorporates elements of various American music styles, including country , roots rock , folk , bluegrass , and blues , resulting in a distinctive roots-oriented sound. From the mid to late 20th century, Americana was largely conceptualized as a nostalgia for an idealized life in small towns and cities in the United States around the turn of the century , roughly in
133-451: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Americana (culture) 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
152-619: Is representative or even stereotypical of American culture as a whole. What is and is not considered Americana is heavily influenced by national identity , historical context, patriotism and nostalgia . The ethos or guiding beliefs or ideals which have come to characterize America, such as the American Dream , are central to the idea. Americana encompasses not only material objects but also people, places, concepts and historical eras which are popularly identified with American culture. The name Americana also refers to Americana music ,
171-495: Is the spelling in North American English ; artefact is usually preferred elsewhere. Cultural artifact is a more generic term and should be considered with two words of similar, but narrower, nuance: it can include objects recovered from archaeological sites , i.e. archaeological artifacts , but can also include objects of modern or early-modern society, or social artifacts . For example, in an anthropological context:
190-567: The U.S. Census Bureau 's declaration that it was "closed" in 1890, as well as the recent victory in the Spanish–American War . By 1912, the contiguous United States was at last fully politically incorporated, and the idea of the nation as a single, solid unity could begin to take hold. As Canby put it, Americans at this time "really believed all they heard on the Fourth of July or read in school readers. They set on one plane of time, and that
209-541: The Renato Carosone song "Tu vuò fà l'americano" by The Brian Setzer Orchestra from the album Vavoom! ¡Americano! , a 2004 album by Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers "Americanos" (song) , a 1989 song by Holly Johnson Theatre [ edit ] ¡Americano! (musical) , a 2020 musical Places [ edit ] Americano Creek , a river in Sonoma County, California, US Rancho Estero Americano ,
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#1732869614901228-487: The definition of Americana: the things involved need not be old, but are usually associated with some quintessential element of the American experience. Each period of United States history is reflected by the advertising and marketing of the time, and the various types of antiques, collectibles, memorabilia and vintage items from these time periods are typical of what is popularly considered Americana. The Atlantic described
247-530: The period between 1880 and the First World War . It was believed that much of the structure of 20th-century American life and culture had been cemented in that time and place. American author Henry Seidel Canby wrote: It is the small town, the small city, that is our heritage. We have made twentieth-century America from it, and some account of these communities as they were ... we owe our children and grandchildren. Many kinds of cultural artifacts fall within
266-643: The present, the Declaration of Independence , the manifest destiny of America, the new plumbing, the growth of the factory system, the morning paper, and the church sociable. It was all there at once, better than elsewhere, their own, and permanent. ... They had just the country they wanted...and they believed it would be the same, except for more bathtubs and faster trains, forever ... for the last time in living memory everyone knew exactly what it meant to be an American." On growing up Italian-American , novelist Don DeLillo stated: It’s no accident that my first novel
285-415: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Americano . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Americano&oldid=1217904412 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
304-399: The term as "slang for the comforting, middle-class ephemera at your average antique store—things like needle-pointed pillows, Civil War daguerreotypes , and engraved silverware sets". The nostalgia for this period was based on a remembrance of confidence in American life that had emerged during the period due to such factors as a sense that the frontier had finally been "conquered", with
323-496: The time period in businesses like the Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour chain, with its 1890s theme. Cultural artifact A cultural artifact , or cultural artefact (see American and British English spelling differences ), is a term used in the social sciences , particularly anthropology , ethnology and sociology for anything created by humans which gives information about the culture of its creator and users. Artifact
342-535: Was called Americana. This was a private declaration of independence, a statement of my intention to use the whole picture, the whole culture. America was and is the immigrant's dream, and as the son of two immigrants I was attracted by the sense of possibility that had drawn my grandparents and parents. The zeitgeist of this idealized period is captured in Disneyland and Magic Kingdom 's Main Street, U.S.A. section (which
361-460: Was inspired by both Walt Disney 's hometown of Marceline, Missouri and Harper Goff 's childhood home of Fort Collins, Colorado ), as well as the musical and movie The Music Man and Thornton Wilder 's stage play Our Town . Especially revered in nostalgic Americana are small-town institutions like the barber shop, drug store, soda fountain and ice cream parlor; some of these were eventually resurrected by mid-twentieth century nostalgia for
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