Picturing Indians: Native Americans In Film, 1941-1960
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Features of Picturing Indians: Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960
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.Browse the author's media links.
Specification of Picturing Indians: Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960
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Author | Black, Liza |
Binding | hardcover |
Language | english |
Edition | Illustrated |
ISBN-10 | 0803296800 |
ISBN-13 | 9780803296800 |
Publication Year | 2020-10-01T00:00:01Z |
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