Native Apparitions: Critical Perspectives on Hollywood’s Indians

Synopsis

A Timely And Much-needed Analysis And Critique Of Hollywood's Representation Of Native Americans In Mainstream Films--provided By Publisher. Indians, American Indian Studies And The Depiction Of Indigenous Peoples In American Commercial Cinema : An Introduction / Steve Pavlik, M. Elise Marubbio, And Tom Holm -- Thank You, Adam Sandler & Co., For Giving Us A Native American Rosa Parks Moment / Myrton Running Wolf -- Reconsidering America's Errand : Wilderness And Indians In Cinema / Richard M. Wheelock -- Fighting The White Man's Fears (on The Silver Screen) : A Look At The Images Of Native American Servicemen In Film / Richard Allen And Tom Holm -- The Dys-passion Of The Indian, Or Tonto Goes To Town / Chadwick Allen -- Look At The Heart Of The Searchers : The Centrality Of Look To John Ford's Commentary On Racism / M. Elise Marrubio -- Searching For Pocahontas : The Portrayal Of An Indigenous Icon In Terence Malick's The New World / Steve Pavlik -- The Four Horsemen Of Mel Gibson's Epic Apocalypto : Racism, Violence, Mendacity, And Nonsense / Tom Holm -- Avatar : Colonization Marches On / Rose Roberts -- Through Indian Eyes : Programming Native American Cinema / Jan-christopher Horak -- You Have To Define Yourself As An Inuit Person, If That's What You Want To Do : An Interview With Andres Okpeaha Maclean / Joanna Hearne, Jacqueline Land, And Andrew Okpeaha Maclean. Edited By Steve Pavlik, M. Elise Marubbio, And Tom Holm. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Filmography: Pages [225]-229.