SONJA GEORGI Lecturer in American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany LILI HARTWIG MA graduate at the University of Hamburg, Germany FRANK KELLETER Chair of American Studies, University of Göttingen, Germany SIBYLLE MACHAT Lecturer at the University of Flensburg, Germany AMY MARTIN Ph.D. Studentship at the Queen Margaret University Edinburgh, UK BIRTE OTTEN Member of the American Studies Program at the University of Göttingen, Germany ROBIN ANNE REID Professor of English at the Department of Literature & Languages at Texas A&M University-Commerce, USA KATHRYN SCHWEISHELM Doctoral candidate in the Graduate School of North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany STEPHANIE SOMMERFELD Member of the American Studies Program at the University of Göttingen, Germany DANIEL STEIN Member of the American Studies Program at the University of Göttingen, Germany.