Savages and saints : the changing image of American Indians in Westerns

Herzberg, Bob 1956- (Author).

Summary: "This book deals with the changing image of the American Indian in the Western film genre, contrasting the fictionalized images of native Americans portrayed in classic films from Francis Boggs' Curse of the Redman to Michael Mann's Last of the Mohicans against the historical reality of life on the American frontier"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781476662787 (pbk)
ISBN: 9780786434466 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0786434465 (illustrated case binding : alk. paper)
Physical Description: ix, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2015, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"... reprint of the case bound edition first published in 2008 by McFarland." --t.p. verso
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-301) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. All Quiet on the Silent Screen (1903-1927): From Wild West Show to Cinematic Marauders -- 2. War Whoops in the Talkies (1928-1939): Rampaging on Screen While the Nation Is in the Red -- 3. The Great Whitewash (1940-1948): White Men on the Warpath -- 4. More Than One Red Menace (1949-1960): The Cold War on the Frontier -- 5. Mass Media Massacres (1960-1975): Wars on the Frontier, Both Past and Present -- 6. The Vanishing American Western (1978-the present): Cowboy and Indian Pictures Bite the Dust.