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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790724003321

Autore

FitzGerald Michael Ray <1953->

Titolo

Native Americans on network TV : stereotypes, myths, and the "good Indian" / / Michael Ray Fitzgerald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland ; ; Plymouth, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4422-2962-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Film and History

Disciplina

791.45/652997

Soggetti

Indians on television

Stereotypes (Social psychology) on television

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Overview; 2 Cold War Avengers; 3 Hollywood-ized History; 4 Son of Tonto; 5 Mingo; 6 Regulator on the Urban Frontier; 7 Billy Jack Returns-as a Cop; 8 The Indianized White Hero; 9 Televisual Quasi-history; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book argues that the US is a great colonial power and that this is clearly evident in network television's treatment of minorities and colonized peoples. This book argues that televised representations of Native Americans fit neatly into what would be called 'colonial discourse.'