American Indians and popular culture

Hoffman, Elizabeth DeLaney, 1965- (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 0313379904
ISBN: 9780313379901 (hardback)
ISBN: 0313379904 (hardback)
ISBN: 9780313379918 (ebook)
ISBN: 0313379912 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
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.