Hollywood's Native Americans : stories of identity and resistance / Angela Aleiss ; [foreword by Dr. Jan-Christopher Horak].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aleiss, Angela, author.

Contributor:

Horak, Jan-Christopher, writer of introduction.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians in motion pictures.

Indians in the motion picture industry.

Motion picture industry--Los Angeles--California--History.

Motion picture industry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 212 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : Praeger, [2022]

Biography/History:

"Angela Aleiss received her PhD in film studies from Columbia University and currently teaches at California State University, Long Beach. She is a former visiting scholar at UCLA’s American Indian Studies Center and is author of Making the White Man’s Indian: Native Americans and Hollywood Movies (2005)."--Page [213].

Summary:

"This book explores how the heritage and behind-the-scenes activities of Native American actors and filmmakers helped shape their own movie images. Native artists have impacted movies for more than a century, but until recently their presence had passed largely unrecognized. From the silent era to contemporary movies, this book features leading Native American actors whose voices have reached a broad audience and are part of the larger conversation about the exploitation of underrepresented people in Hollywood. Each chapter highlights Native actors in lead or supporting roles as well as filmmakers whose movies were financed and distributed by Hollywood studios. The text further explores how a "pan-Indian heritage" that applies to all tribes in terms of spirituality, historical trauma, and a version of ceremony and storytelling have shaped these performers' movie identities. It will appeal to a wide range of readers, including fans of Westerns, history buffs of American popular cinema, and students and scholars of Native American studies."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Dr. Jan-Christopher Horak

Chapter 1. Early Trailblazers

Chapter 2. Emerging Identities

Chapter 3. A Foundation for Activism

Chapter 4. Building a Resistance

Chapter 5. Hollywood's Invisible Artists

Chapter 6. Breaking the Mold

Chapter 7. Reimagining Native Images.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-202) and index.

Description based on online resource (viewed 8 March 2023), publisher-supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

979-82-16-09854-6

1-4408-7157-4

OCLC:

1264175484