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Picturing indians : Native Americans in film, 1941-1960 / Liza Black.

Black, Liza, (author.).

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"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.""-- Provided by publisher.

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ISBN: 9780803296800
ISBN: 0803296800
Physical Description: 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.

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Subject:: Indians in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Indians in motion pictures.
Motion pictures.
United States.
Genre:: History.

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