Reservation Reelism: Redfacing, Visual Sovereignty, and

Reservation Reelism: Redfacing, Visual Sovereignty, and Representations of Native Americans in Film

In this deeply engaging account Michelle H. Raheja offers the first book-length study of the Indigenous actors, directors, and spectators who helped shape Hollywoodâ€™s representation of Indigenous peoples. Since the era of silent films, Hollywood movies and visual culture generally have provided the primary representational field on which Indigenous images have been displayed to non-Native audiences. These films have been highly influential in shaping perceptions of Indigenous peoples as, for example, a dying race or as inherently unable or unwilling to adapt to change. However, films with Indigenous plots and subplots also signify at least some degree of Native presence in a culture that largely defines Native peoples as absent or separate.
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Native actors, directors, and spectators have had a part in creating these cinematic representations and have thus complicated the dominant, and usually negative, messages about Native peoples thatÂ films portray. In Reservation Reelism Raheja examines the history of these Native actors, directors, and spectators,Â reveals their contributions, and attempts to create positive representations in film that reflect the complex and vibrant experiences of Native peoples and communities.
Country USA
Brand University of Nebraska Press
Manufacturer University of Nebraska Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780803245976
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University of Nebraska Press
Manufacturer	University of Nebraska Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780803245976
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Reservation Reelism: Redfacing, Visual Sovereignty, and Representations of Native Americans in Film

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