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American Indians and popular culture / Elizabeth DeLaney Hoffman, editor.

Summary:

Americans are still fascinated by the romantic notion of the "noble savage," yet know little about the real Native peoples of North America. This two-volume work seeks to remedy that by examining stereotypes and celebrating the true cultures of American Indians today. Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0313379904
  • ISBN: 9780313379901 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 0313379904 (hardback)
  • ISBN: 9780313379918 (ebook)
  • ISBN: 0313379912 (ebook)
  • Physical Description: 2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Vol. 1 : Media, sports, and politics. Portrayals of American Indians in early radio / Kathleen M. German ; American Indians in silent film, 1894-1929 / Kathleen M. German ; Writing Indian stereotypes : the role of the screenplay in American Westerns / Susan Tavernetti ; Elvis as Indian in film and life / Michael Snyder ; Cries with Indians : "Going Indian" with the ecological Indian from Rousseau to Avatar / Robert Baird ; American Indian feature filmmakers and popular culture / Angelica Lawson ; "It's a good day to be indigenous" : Sherman Alexie's films / Richard Sax ; Boarding and residential school experiences in film / Grace Chaillier ; Ubiquitous American Indian stereotypes in television / Frederick White ; American Indians in print advertising since 1890 / Stephanie A.L. Molholt ; The continuing hunt for Willie Boy, 1909-2009 / James A. Sandos and Larry E. Burgess ; Jackpot! : Marketing the American Indian casino / Danielle Newton and Nancy Van Leuven ; How Kennewick Man and media constructs frame Indian identity / Cynthia-Lou Coleman ; Will electronic media be the death or rebirth of endangered American Indian languages? / John Peacock ; Native people in American mythology and popular culture / Richard M. Wheelock ; American Indian sports : a historical overview / Wade Davies ; How boarding school basketball became Indian basketball / Wade Davies ; American Indian imagery in sport and the public imagination / Ellen J. Staurowsky ; Sacagawea : super hero, super woman, super myth / Selene G. Phillips ; Mardi Gras Indians : spiritualism or Indian stereotype? / Ron Welburn ; Indians in the military / Dean Chavers ; The American Indian movement in popular culture / Jon Reyhner ; Seneca resistance : surviving the Kinzua Dam / Urszula Piasta.
Vol. 2 : Literature, arts, and resistance. Anticipating the renaissance : Cogewea and trends in modern American Indian literature / John K. Donaldson ; Leslie Marmon Silko : mapping radical histories / Ami M. Regier ; Windigo cars and high-stakes gambling in the novels of Louise Erdrich / Shirley Brozzo ; Sherman Alexie and popular culture : magic in the mix / Lara Narcisi ; The curious case of Asa Carter and The education of Little Tree / Laura Browder ; The "savage" sublime in novels by A.A. Carr and Joseph Boyden / Kathryn Shanley ; Twilight : a worldwide pop phenomenon with a Quileute slant / Chelleye L. Crow ; Alaska Native writers and the power of stories / Jeane Breinig ; MacGyvering pop culture : blending traditions in Canada / Blanca Schorcht ; "This is the world without end" : American Indian poetry from 1980-2010 / Dean Rader ; Writing the Rez : popular obsessions in the works of Eric Gansworth / Oliver de la Paz and John Lloyd Purdy ; Art, authenticity, and identity at Santa Fe Indian Market / Carter Jones Meyer ; Leap of faith : contemporary American Indian art and American visual culture / Paul Manoguerra ; Indigenous architecture / Ted Jojola ; American Indians in post-World War II popular music / Michael Leonard Cox ; Rez Riddims : Reggae and American Indians / David Walsh ; Notions of Indianness and contemporary Native dance / Michael Greyeyes ; Powwows / Chris Goertzen and Tammy Greer ; Powwow dance / Tammy Greer and Chris Goertzen ; Adaptation as tradition : Southwestern Indians and pop culture / Conrad Shumaker ; Living in vitrines : museum treatments of American Indians / Karen Coody Cooper ; Where are the blankets? Where is the pottery? The Institute of American Indian Arts nears fifty / James Thomas Stevens ; The National Museum of the American Indian and the politics of display / Scott Manning Stevens.
Subject: Indians in popular culture > United States.
Indians of North America > Public opinion.
Public opinion > United States.
United States > Ethnic relations.
Ethnic attitudes > United States.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > United States.
Indians of North America > Social life and customs.
United States > Civilization > Indian influences.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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