{"product_id":"invisible-natives-armando-jos-prats-9780801487545","title":"Invisible Natives","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis incisive, provocative, and wide-ranging book casts a critical eye on the representation of Native Americans in the Western film since the genre's beginnings. Armando José Prats shows the ways in which film reflects cultural transformations in the course of America's historical encounter with \"the Indian.\" He also explores the relation between the myth of conquest and American history. Among the films he discusses at length are \u003ci\u003eNorthwest Passage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStagecoach\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Searchers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHombre\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHondo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUlzana's Raid\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Mohicans\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDances With Wolves\u003c\/i\u003e.Throughout, Prats emphasizes the irony that the Western seems to be able to represent Native Americans only by rendering them absent. In addition, he points out that Native Americans who appear in Westerns are almost always male; Native women rarely figure into the plot, and are often portrayed by white women rendered \"Indian\" by narrative necessity.\u003ci\u003e Invisible Natives\u003c\/i\u003e offers an intriguing view of the possibilities and consequences--as well as the historical sources and cultural origins--of the Western's strategies for evading the actual portrayal of Native Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Armando José Prats\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801487544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801487545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/06\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.26w x 0.82d","brand":"Armando José Prats","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926130196735,"sku":"9780801487545","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2fd97296-8ed6-4d1f-aedc-6cc62f400de4.jpg?v=1681081372","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/invisible-natives-armando-jos-prats-9780801487545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}