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Celluloid Indians: Native Americans and Film
Neva Jacquelyn Kilpatrick
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Description for Celluloid Indians: Native Americans and Film
Paperback. Offers an insightful overview of Native American representation in film. Beginning with the birth of the movie industry, this title traces changes in the cinematic depictions of Native peoples and identifies cultural and historical reasons for those changes. It looks at influential and innovative Native Americans film industry. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 photographs. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
Native American characters have been the most malleable of metaphors for filmmakers. The likeable Doc of Stagecoach (1939) had audiences on the edge of their seats with dire warnings about “that old butcher, Geronimo.” Old Lodgeskins of Little Big Man (1970) had viewers crying out against the demise of the noble, wise chief and his kind and simple people. In 1995 Disney created a beautiful, peace-loving ecologist and called her Pocahontas. Only occasionally have Native Americans been portrayed as complex, modern characters in films like Smoke Signals. Celluloid Indians is an accessible, insightful overview of Native American representation in film over ... Read more
Native American characters have been the most malleable of metaphors for filmmakers. The likeable Doc of Stagecoach (1939) had audiences on the edge of their seats with dire warnings about “that old butcher, Geronimo.” Old Lodgeskins of Little Big Man (1970) had viewers crying out against the demise of the noble, wise chief and his kind and simple people. In 1995 Disney created a beautiful, peace-loving ecologist and called her Pocahontas. Only occasionally have Native Americans been portrayed as complex, modern characters in films like Smoke Signals. Celluloid Indians is an accessible, insightful overview of Native American representation in film over ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Weight
381g
Number of Pages
261
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803277908
SKU
V9780803277908
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About Neva Jacquelyn Kilpatrick
Jacquelyn Kilpatrick, of Choctaw, Cherokee, and Irish descent, is a professor of English at Governor’s State University in University Park, Illinois. Her articles have appeared in Creative Screenwriting and Cineaste.
Reviews for Celluloid Indians: Native Americans and Film
"This is a seminal study of how Native Americans have been portrayed in film since the start of the film industry in this country. . . . This is much more than a book for film buffs; it's about how stereotypes of Native Americans were created. As the book treats the evolution of film images of Native Americans, the reader ... Read more