Hollywood's Native Americans: Stories of Identity and Resistance (Hardcover)

Hollywood's Native Americans: Stories of Identity and Resistance By Angela Aleiss, Jan-Christopher Horak (Foreword by) Cover Image
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This book highlights the contributions and careers of Native Americans who have carved impressive careers in Hollywood, from the silent film era of the early 1900s to the present, becoming advocates for their heritage.

This book explores how the heritage and behind-the-scenes activities of Native American actors and filmmakers helped shape their own movie images. Native artists have impacted movies for more than a century, but until recently their presence had passed largely unrecognized. From the silent era to contemporary movies, this book features leading Native American actors whose voices have reached a broad audience and are part of the larger conversation about the exploitation of underrepresented people in Hollywood.

Each chapter highlights Native actors in lead or supporting roles as well as filmmakers whose movies were financed and distributed by Hollywood studios. The text further explores how a "pan-Indian heritage" that applies to all tribes in terms of spirituality, historical trauma, and a version of ceremony and storytelling have shaped these performers' movie identities. It will appeal to a wide range of readers, including fans of Westerns, history buffs of American popular cinema, and students and scholars of Native American studies.

About the Author


Angela Aleiss received her PhD in film studies from Columbia University and currently teaches at California State University, Long Beach.
Product Details
ISBN: 9781440871566
ISBN-10: 1440871566
Publisher: Praeger
Publication Date: April 6th, 2022
Pages: 234
Language: English