Angela Aleiss: Making the White Man's Indian

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The image in Hollywood movies of savage Indians attacking white settlers represents only one side of a very complicated picture. In fact sympathetic portrayals of Native Americans stood alongside those of hostile Indians in the silent films of D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille, and flourished during the early 1930s with Hollywood's cycle of pro-Indian adventures. Decades later, the stereotype became even more complicated, as films depicted the savagery of whites (The Searchers) in contrast to the more peaceful Indian (Broken Arrow). By 1990 the release of Dances with Wolves appeared to have recycled the romantic and savage portrayals embedded in early cinema. In this new study, author Angela Aleiss traces the history of Native Americans on the silver screen, and breaks new ground by drawing on primary sources such as studio correspondence, script treatments, trade newspapers, industry censorship files, and filmmakers' interviews to reveal how and why Hollywood created its Indian characters. Behind-the-scenes anecdotes of filmmakers and Native Americans, as well as rare archival photographs, supplement the discussion, which often shows a stark contrast between depiction and reality.

The book traces chronologically the development of the Native American's screen image while also examining many forgotten or lost Western films. Each chapter will feature black and white stills from the films discussed.

Über den Autor

Angela Aleiss is a contributing writer for such publications as the Los Angeles Times, Variety, and The Hollywood Reporter. She is a former postdoctoral fellow at the American Indian Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Hollywood and the Silent American
A Cultural Division
Indian Adventures and Interracial Romances
War and Its Indian Allies
Red Becomes White
A Shattered Illusion
Savagery on the Frontier
Beyond the Western
Conclusion
Appendix A: Motion Pictures Screened
Appendix B: Motion Picture Archives
Selected Bibliography

Erscheinungsjahr:	2000
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Fotografie
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780313361333
ISBN-10:	0313361339
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Aleiss, Angela
Hersteller:	Praeger
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Angela Aleiss
Erscheinungsdatum:	05.09.2000
Gewicht:	0,349 kg