Michelle Raheja: 2 books
Native Americans on Film
Conversations, Teaching, and Theory
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
The film industry and mainstream popular culture are notorious for promoting stereotypical images of Native Americans: the noble and ignoble savage, the pronoun-challenged sidekick, the ruthless warrior, the female drudge, the princess, the sexualized maiden, the drunk, and others. Over the years,...
Reservation Reelism
Redfacing, Visual Sovereignty, and Representations of Native Americans in Film
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2011
In this deeply engaging account Michelle H. Raheja offers the first book-length study of the Indigenous actors, directors, and spectators who helped shape Hollywood’s representation of Indigenous peoples. Since the era of silent films, Hollywood movies and visual culture generally have provided the...