Wiping the war paint off the lens : Native American film and video / / Beverly R. Singer ; foreword by Robert Warrior

• Autore: Singer Beverly R
• Pubblicazione: Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xvi, 110 pages : illustrations
• Disciplina: 791.43/6520397
• Soggetto topico: Indians in motion pictures; Indians in the motion picture industry - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-106) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Prologue in Three Parts -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Thinking Indian Thoughts -- 1 Bringing Home Film and Video Making -- 2 The War-Painted Years -- 3 Toward Independence -- 4 Native Filmmakers, Programs, and Institutions -- 5 On the Road to Smoke Signals -- Conclusion: Continuing the Legacy -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
• Sommario/riassunto: Native Americans have thrown themselves into filmmaking since the mid-1970s, producing hundreds of films and videos, and their body of work has had great impact on Native cultures and filmmaking itself. With their cameras, they capture the lives of Native people, celebrating community, ancestral lifeways, and identity. Not only artistic statements, the films are archives that document rich and complex Native communities and counter mainstream media portrayals. Wiping the War Paint off the Lens traces the history of Native experiences as subjects, actors, and creators, and develops a critical framework for approaching Native work. Singer positions Native media as part of a larger struggle for "cultural sovereignty"-the right to maintain and protect cultures and traditions. Taking it out of a European-American context, she reframes the discourse of filmmaking, exploring oral histories and ancient lifeways inform Native filmmaking and how it seeks to heal the devastation of the past. Singer's approach is both cultural and personal, provides both historical views and close textual readings, and may well set the terms of the critical debate on Native filmmaking.
• Titolo autorizzato: Wiping the war paint off the lens
• ISBN: 0-8166-8920-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811831203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Visible evidence ; ; v. 10.