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Author Black, Liza, author.

Title Picturing Indians : Native Americans in film, 1941-1960 / Liza Black
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]
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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 327 pages) : illustrations
Contents "Just like a snake you'll be crawling in your own shit" -- "Indians agree to perform and act as directed" -- "Not desired by you for photographing" -- "White may be more than skin deep" -- "A bit thick" -- "Dig up a good Indian historian."
Summary "Standing at the intersection of Native history, labor, and representation, Picturing Indians presents a vivid portrait of the complicated experiences of Native actors on the sets of midcentury Hollywood Westerns. This behind-the-scenes look at costuming, makeup, contract negotiations, and union disparities uncovers an all-too-familiar narrative of racism and further complicates filmmakers' choices to follow mainstream representations of "Indianness." Liza Black offers a rare and overlooked perspective on American cinema history by giving voice to creators of movie Indians--the stylists, public relations workers, and the actors themselves. In exploring the inherent racism in sensationalizing Native culture for profit, Black also chronicles the little-known attempts of studios to generate cultural authenticity and historical accuracy in their films. She discusses the studios' need for actual Indians to participate in, legitimate, and populate such filmic narratives. But studios also told stories that made Indians sound less than Indian because of their skin color, clothing, and inability to do functions and tasks considered authentically Indian by non-Indians. In the ongoing territorial dispossession of Native America, Native people worked in film as an economic strategy toward survival. Consulting new primary sources, Black has crafted an interdisciplinary experience showcasing what it meant to "play Indian" in post-World War II Hollywood"--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index
Notes Online resource; title from resource home page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed February 18, 2021)
Subject Indians in motion pictures.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies.
Indians in motion pictures
Motion pictures
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781496223777
1496223772
9781496223753
1496223756
9781496223760
1496223764
Other Titles Native Americans in film, 1941-1960