TY - GEN T1 - Killing the Indian maiden : images of Native American women in film T2 - UPSO - University Press of Kentucky E-Books. A1 - Marubbio, M. Elise, 1963- LA - English PP - Lexington, Ky. PB - University Press of Kentucky YR - 2006 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm77011175 AB - Killing the Indian Maiden examines the fascinating and often disturbing portrayal of Native American women in film. M. Elise Marubbio examines the sacrificial role in which a young Native woman allies herself with a white male hero and dies as a result of that choice. In studying thirty-four Hollywood films from the silent period to the present, she draws upon theories of colonization, gender, race, and film studies to ground her analysis in broader historical and sociopolitical context and to help answer the question, "What does it mean to be an American?" The book reveals a cultural iconogra. OP - 298 CN - PN1995.9.I48 M37 2006eb SN - 0813171547 SN - 9780813171548 SN - 9780813136943 SN - 0813136946 SN - 9780813134710 SN - 0813134714 SN - 1283232723 SN - 9781283232722 SN - 9786613232724 SN - 6613232726 SN - 9780813124148 SN - 081312414X SN - 9780813192383 SN - 0813192382 KW - Indian women in motion pictures. KW - Femmes des Peuples autochtones au cinéma. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : Reference. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Film & Video : General. KW - Indian women in motion pictures KW - Indianerin : Motiv KW - Film KW - USA KW - Amerika. KW - Frau : Motiv : Film : USA. KW - Film : Motiv : Frau : USA. KW - Film : Motiv : Indianerin : USA. KW - Indianerin : Motiv : Film : USA. KW - Film : Motiv (Kunst) : Indianerin : Geschichte. KW - Indianerin : Motiv (Kunst) : Film : Geschichte. ER -