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Native American Stereotypes in Film and Popular Culture
2013. urn:nbn:hr:142:848390
Radman, Ivica
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Radman, I. (2013). Native American Stereotypes in Film and Popular Culture (Master's thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:848390

Radman, Ivica. "Native American Stereotypes in Film and Popular Culture." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:848390

Radman, Ivica. "Native American Stereotypes in Film and Popular Culture." Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2013. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:848390

Radman, I. (2013). 'Native American Stereotypes in Film and Popular Culture', Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 01 April 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:848390

Radman I. Native American Stereotypes in Film and Popular Culture [Master's thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2013 [cited 2025 April 01] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:848390

I. Radman, "Native American Stereotypes in Film and Popular Culture", Master's thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2013. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:848390

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TitleNative American Stereotypes in Film and Popular Culture
Title (croatian)Indijanski sterotipi u filmu i popularnoj kulturi
AuthorIvica Radman
MentorSanja Runtić (mentor)
Committee memberBorislav Berić (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberJadranka Zlomislić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberSanja Runtić (član povjerenstva)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2013-03-20, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Abstract
This paper critically discusses the film industry as well as pop culture that have shaped the way how Native Americans are viewed today. Twentieth- century film and popular culture have created countless stereotypes and misconceptions about Native Americans, portraying them through negative and disturbing images - as wild savages, bloodthirsty killers, thieves, rapists, kidnappers, beggars, less intelligent beings, scalp collectors, relentless trackers and as inferior human beings in every... More possible way. Furthermore, the images that the film industry established have been used by other popular media and the entertainment industry, including team sports mascots, history books, comic books, video games and commercials. They have all continued Hollywood’s legacy of stereotypes only to make profit, entertain the masses, and finally, to mentally destroy real Native Americans. In the past Native Americans were ruthlessly hunted down and killed, deceived into selling their land, deprived of their traditional lifestyle and confined to reservations. Nowadays, Native Americans have to fight against the mainstream media that are robbing them off their own identity. However, some films such as Dances with Wolves (1990) and Powwow Highway (1989) marked the beginning of a break with traditional stereotypes by portraying Native Americans as real, living human beings. Consequently, in the second half of the twentieth century a mental and spiritual war path of Native Americans for their cultural and religious legacy began. Less
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:848390
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation and Interpreting Studies, Philology
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: German Language and Literature (single major); specializations in: Teacher Training, Translation Studies
Course: Teacher Training
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra njemačkog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra njemačkog jezika i književnosti)
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