Childhood Indians : television, film and sustaining the white (sub)conscience / by Raul S. Chavez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chavez, Raul S.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians in motion pictures--Social aspects--United States--History.

Indians in motion pictures.

Indigenous peoples in motion pictures--Social aspects--United States--History.

Indigenous peoples in motion pictures.

Racism in motion pictures--Social aspects--United States--History.

Racism in motion pictures.

Racism on television--Social aspects--United States--History.

Racism on television.

Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures--Social aspects--United States--History.

Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures.

Stereotypes (Social psychology)--United States--History.

Stereotypes (Social psychology).

Racism--United States--History.

Racism.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

240 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Scotts Valley, Calif.] : [CreateSpace], [2010]

Contents:

ch. 1. Introduction

ch. 2. The white (sub)conscience: if it's invisible, then racism no longer exists

ch. 3. Holding the fort: early cinematic Indian images maintain the colonizer mentality of the national myth

ch. 4. The "good Indian" films: dependent Indians and great fathers

ch. 5. Serving the nation proudly: the allegorical Indian, Cold War, civil rights and the Vietnam War

ch. 6. Lord John Morgan and Lt. John Dunbar to the rescue: revisionist Hollywood and sustaining the white (sub)conscience

Epilogue. Revisiting Boonesborough, the quest for adventure, and misplaced thought.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-240).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781453698617

1453698612

OCLC:

728090711