Hollywood's Indian: The Portrayal of the Native American in Film: The Portrayal of the Native American in Film, expanded edition - Softcover

Raises interesting issues and challenges readers to consider the complex realities of American Indian cultures and Indian/non-Indian relations that major motion pictures often fail to communicate." -American Graduate "Important and groundbreaking work." -Bookman News "Enables readers to construct a cinematic chronology of the Hollywood Indian and to comprehend the larger cultural forces at work interpreting the Indian-white past on screen." -Choice "Rollins and O'Connor have skillfully blended a variety of thoughtful veiwpoints." -Chronicles of Oklahoma "A collection of quality essays, put together by two of the leading experts in this particular topic area." -Communication Booknotes Quarterly "Will become the standard source for reference for an important subject, not only in American contemporary popular culture, but for evolving attitudes in a new century." -Film and History "The essays provide valuable ways to think about the meaning and impact of Hollywood's portrayal of American Indian characters." -Great Plains Quarterly "Offers an engaging and timely update to previous critical anthologies." -H-Net Book Review "An engaging and timely update to previous critical anthologies." -Journal of American Culture "The value of this collection resides in the concentrated attention it gives to the portrayal of Native Americans on film." -Journal of American Ethnic History "The essays are solid pieces that place the films in a proper historical and artistic context." -Journal of American History "The essays add to the growing literature on films about American Indians, and individually, they provide interesting insights into the process of movie-making and viewing." -North Carolina Historical Review "A welcome contribution to the lively and timely debate on the representation of ethnic minorities in the media." -Zeitscrift fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik

Offering both in-depth analyses of specific films and overviews of the industry's output, Hollywood's Indian provides insightful characterizations of the depiction of the Native Americans in film. This updated edition includes a new chapter on Smoke Signals , the groundbreaking independent film written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre. Taken as a whole the essays explore the many ways in which these portrayals have made an impact on our collective cultural life.