Download the fantastic book titled Dressing In Feathers written by S. Elizabeth Bird, available in its entirety in both PDF and EPUB formats for online reading. This page includes a concise summary, a preview of the book cover, and detailed information about "Dressing In Feathers", which was released on 02 February 2018. We suggest perusing the summary before initiating your download. This book is a top selection for enthusiasts of the Social Science genre.
Summary of Dressing In Feathers by S. Elizabeth Bird PDF
One hundred members of NatChat, an electronic mail discussion group concerned with Native American issues, responded to the recent Disney release Pocahontas by calling on parents to boycott the movie, citing its historical inaccuracies and saying that "Disney has let us down in a cruel, irresponsible manner." Their anger was rooted in the fact that, although Disney had claimed that the film's portrayal of American Indians would be "authentic," the Pocahontas story the movie told was really white cultural myth. The actual histories of the characters were replaced by mythic narratives depicting the crucial moments when aid was given to the white settlers. As reconstructed, the story serves to reassert for whites their right to be here, easing any lingering guilt about the displacement of the native inhabitants. To understand current imagery, it is essential to understand the history of its making, and these essays mesh to create a powerful, interconnected account of image creation over the past 150 years. The contributors, who represent a range of disciplines and specialties, reveal the distortions and fabrications white culture has imposed on significant historical and current events, as represented by treasured artifacts such as photographic images taken of Sitting Bull following his surrender, the national monument at the battlefield of Little Bighorn, nineteenth-century advertising, the television phenomenon Northern Exposure, and the film Dances with Wolves. Well illustrated, this volume demonstrates the complacency of white culture in its representation of its troubled relationship with American Indians.
Detail About Dressing In Feathers PDF
- Author : S. Elizabeth Bird
- Publisher : Routledge
- Genre : Social Science
- Total Pages : 344 pages
- ISBN : 0429980531
- Release Date : 02 February 2018
- PDF File Size : 41,5 Mb
- Language : English
- Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews
Clicking on the GET BOOK button will initiate the downloading process of Dressing In Feathers by S. Elizabeth Bird. This book is available in ePub and PDF format with a single click unlimited downloads.
