Fantasies of the Master Race: Literature, Cinema and the Colonization of American Indians
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- Synopsis
- In this volume of incisive essays, Ward Churchill looks at representations of American Indians in literature and film, delineating a history of cultural propaganda that has served to support the continued colonization of Native America. During each phase of the genocide of American Indians, the media has played a critical role in creating easily digestible stereotypes of Indians for popular consumption. Literature about Indians was first written and published in order to provoke and sanctify warfare against them. Later, the focus changed to enlisting public support for "civilizing the savages," stripping them of their culture and assimilating them into the dominant society. Now, in the final stages of cultural genocide, it is the appropriation and stereotyping of Native culture that establishes control over knowledge and truth.
- Copyright:
- 1992
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 304 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780962883866
- Publisher:
- Common Courage Press
- Date of Addition:
- 12/19/11
- Copyrighted By:
- Ward Churchill and M. Annette Jaimes
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Deborah Murray
- Proofread By:
- Marilyn
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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