This is the first book that comprehensively examines Indigenous filmmaking in North America, as it analyzes in detail a variety of representative films by Canadian and US-American Indigenous filmmakers: two films that contextualize the oral...
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This is the first book that comprehensively examines Indigenous filmmaking in North America, as it analyzes in detail a variety of representative films by Canadian and US-American Indigenous filmmakers: two films that contextualize the oral tradition, three short films, and four dramatic films. The book explores how members of colonized groups use the medium of film as a means for cultural and political expression and thus enter the dominant colonial film discourse and create an answering discourse. The theoretical framework is developed as an interdisciplinary approach, combining postcolonial
Includes bibliographical references (p. [359]-386) and index -- Includes filmography (p. 380-384)
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Table of Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction ; 1 The Foucauldian Lens of Power Decolonized ; 2 A Postcolonial Approach to Indigenous Filmmaking in North America ; 3 Oral Tradition as Reflected in Film ; 4 Short Films ; Figures ; 5 Dramatic Films ; Conclusion ; Works Cited ; Appendix ; Index
