| Description |
xviii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages [249]-250. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Genesis of the stereotypes -- The silent scrim -- The cowboy talkies of the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s -- Win some and lose some: the 1960s and 1970s -- The sympathetic 1980s and 1990s -- The American Indian aesthetic -- Coming attractions? |
| Summary |
An overview of Indian representation in Hollywood films. The author notes the change in tone for the better when--as a result of McCarthyism--filmmakers found themselves among the oppressed. By an Irish-Cherokee writer. |
| Subject |
Indians in motion pictures.
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous peoples in motion pictures.
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| ISBN |
0803277903 paperback alkaline paper |
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