Picturing indians : Native Americans in film, 1941-1960

Summary: "Liza Black critically examines the inner workings of post-World War II American films and production studios, which cast American Indian extras and actors as Native people, forcing them to come face-to-face with mainstream representations of "Indianness.""--

Record details

ISBN: 9780803296800
ISBN: 0803296800
ISBN: 9781496223753
ISBN: 9781496223760
ISBN: 9781496223777
Physical Description: print
xxi, 327 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2020]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-304), filmography (pages 305-317) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"Just Like a Snake You'll Be Crawling in Your Own Shit": American Indians and White Narcissism -- "Indians Agree to Perform and Act as Directed": Urban Indian (and Non-Indian) Actors -- "Not Desired by You for Photographing": The Labor of American Indian (and Non-Indian) Extras -- "White May Be More Than Skin Deep": Whites in Redface -- "A Bit Thick": The Transformation of Indians into Movie Indians -- "Dig Up a Good Indian Historian": The Search for Authenticity.