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Fantasies of the Master Race: Literature, Cinema, and the Colonization of American Indians


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Fantasies of the Master Race: Literature, Cinema, and the Colonization of American Indians

Contributors:

By (Author) Ward Churchill

ISBN:

9780872863484

Publisher:

City Lights Books

Imprint:

City Lights Books

Publication Date:

2nd January 2001

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Anthropology
Cultural studies
Colonialism and imperialism
National liberation and independence
Political control and freedoms
Media studies

Dewey:

306.0973

Physical Properties

Number of Pages:

261

Dimensions:

Width 152mm, Height 215mm, Spine 15mm

Weight:

368g

Description

This collection of essays by Native American academic Ward Churchill explore the reworking of fact into expedient fantasies, and the cultural propaganda that has served to support the continued colonization of Native America. From literature that propagated war on Indians, through campaigns to "civilise the savages", to the modern-day appropriation and stereotyping of native cultures in films such as "Dances with Wolves" and Castaneda's exotic novels of native wisdom, this text offers a wide-ranging counter to the dominant culture's history and literature of deception.

Author Bio

Ward Churchill has achieved an unparalleled reputation as a scholar-activist and analyst of indigenous issues. He is a Professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder, a leading member of AIM, and the author of numerous books, including A Little Matter of Genocide, Struggle for the Land and Fantasies of the Master Race.

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