ISBN:
9780803234451
,
0803234457
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xviii, 338 pages)
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illustrations
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Raheja, Michelle H Reservation reelism
DDC:
302.23089
Keywords:
Indians in the motion picture industry United States
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Motion pictures History
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20th century
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United States
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Indians in motion pictures
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Indigenous peoples in motion pictures
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures
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Motion pictures History 20th century
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Indians in the motion picture industry
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20th century
;
Fine Arts
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Social Science United States
;
History
;
Indians in motion pictures
;
Indians in the motion picture industry
;
Indigenous peoples in motion pictures
;
Motion pictures
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures
;
United States
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PERFORMING ARTS ; Film & Video ; History & Criticism
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Electronic book
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Electronic books History
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"In this deeply engaging account, Michelle H. Raheja offers the first book-length study of the Indigenous actors, directors, and spectators who helped shape Hollywood's representation of Indigenous peoples. Since the era of silent films, Hollywood movies and visual culture generally have provided the primary representational field on which Indigenous images have been displayed to non-Native audiences. These films have been highly influential in shaping perceptions of Indigenous peoples as, for example, a dying race or as inherently unable or unwilling to adapt to change. However, films with Indigenous plots and subplots also signify at least some degree of Native presence in a culture that largely defines Native peoples as absent or separate"--Provided by publisher
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-317) and index. - Print version record
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=635530
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