Liza Black

Picturing Indians

Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960

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Produktbeschreibung

Liza Black critically examines the inner workings of post–World War II American films and production studios that cast American Indian extras and actors as Native people, forcing them to come face to face with mainstream representations of “Indianness.”  

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9780803296800
• ISBN-10: 0803296800
• Artikelnr.: 59182346

Autorenporträt

¿Liza Black is a citizen of Cherokee Nation. She is an assistant professor of history and Native American and Indigenous studies at Indiana University.    

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. “Just Like a Snake You’ll Be Crawling in Your Own Shit”: American
Indians and White Narcissism
2. “Indians Agree to Perform and Act as Directed”: Urban Indian (and
Non-Indian) Actors
3. “Not Desired by You for Photographing”: The Labor of American Indian
(and Non-Indian) Extras
4. “White May Be More Than Skin Deep”: Whites in Redface
5. “A Bit Thick”: The Transformation of Indians into Movie Indians
6. “Dig Up a Good Indian Historian”: The Search for Authenticity
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Filmography
Index