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Picturing Indians: Native Americans in Film, 1941-1960

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Availability:In StockContributor:Liza BlackPublish date:2020-10-01Pages:354
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9780803296800ISBN-10:803296800UPC:9780803296800Book Category:Social Science, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, FilmBook Topic:American, History & CriticismSize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC9SDTSYMV
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.

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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9780803296800ISBN-10:803296800UPC:9780803296800Book Category:Social Science, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:Ethnic Studies, FilmBook Topic:American, History & CriticismSize:9.10 x 6.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.4021Product ID:SC9SDTSYMV
​Liza Black is a citizen of Cherokee Nation. She is an assistant professor of history and Native American and Indigenous studies at Indiana University.


Publisher: University of Nebraska Press

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