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1 online resource (266 pages) |
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Cover; Hollywood's Indian; Title; Copyright; To Ray and Pat Browne-Pioneers in the study of the popular-culture images that shape our lives; Contents; Foreword WILCOMB E . WASHBURN; Acknowledgments; Introduction. The Study of Hollywood's Indian: Still on a Scholarly Frontier? PETER C . ROLLINS AND JOHN E . O'CONNOR; 1. Absurd Reality II: Hollywood Goes to the Indians TED JOJOLA; 2. The White Man's Indian: An Institutional Approach JOHN E. O'CONNOR; 3. The Indian of the North: Western Traditions and Finnish Indians HANNU SALMI |
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4. Trapped in the History of Film: The Vanishing American MICHAEL J. RILEY5. The Representation of Conquest: John Ford and the Hollywood Indian (1939-1964) KEN NOLLEY; 6. Cultural Confusion: Broken Arrow FRANK MANCHEL; 7. The Hollywood Indian versus Native Americans: Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here JAMES A . SANDOS AND LARRY E . BURGESS; 8. Native Americans in a Revisionist Western: Little Big Man MARGO KASDAN AND SUSAN TAVERNETTI; 9. Driving the Red Road: Powwow Highway ERIC GARY ANDERSON; 10. "Going Indian": Dances With Wolves ROBERT BAIRD |
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11. Deconstructing an American Myth: The Last of the Mohicans JEFFREY WALKER12. Playing Indian in the 1990s: Pocahontas and The Indian in the Cupboard PAULINE TURNER STRONG; 13. This Is What It Means to Say Smoke Signals: Native American Cultural Sovereignty AMANDA J. COBB; Bibliography. Western Films: The Context for Hollywood's Indian STEVEN MINTZ; Contributors; Index |
| Summary |
Offering both in-depth analyses of specific films and overviews of the industry's output, Hollywood's Indian provides insightful characterizations of the depiction of the Native Americans in film. This updated edition includes a new chapter on Smoke Signals, the groundbreaking independent film written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre. Taken as a whole the essays explore the many ways in which these portrayals have made an impact on our collective cultural life |
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Print version record |
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Indians in motion pictures.
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ART -- Film & Video.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
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Indians in motion pictures.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813131658 |
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0813131650 |
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9780813137957 |
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0813137950 |
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