The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-90 by Coward, John M.

The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-90 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780252067389)

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The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-90 by Coward, John M.

The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-90

$28.00
The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-90 by Coward, John M.

The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-90

$28.00
Format: Paperback
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How newspapers shaped the image of Native Americans

John M. Coward looks at how nineteenth-century newspapers and news making practices shaped the contradictory and still persistent representation of Native Americans. As Coward reveals, journalism failed to describe Indigenous people on their own terms. Instead, reporters chose portrayals that adhered to the norms of the majority white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant society that read their papers. In addition, Coward shows how journalists turned Native Americans into symbolic and ambiguous figures used to measure American progress.

An in-depth look at the power of the press, The Newspaper Indian provides insight into how journalism wove a skewed idea of Native Americans into the fabric of American life.

Author: John M. Coward
ISBN-10: 025206738X
ISBN-13: 9780252067389
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Language: English
Published: 01/01/1999
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.10w x 0.79d
Award: Spur Awards - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/1999 pg. 105
By John M. Coward
By John M. Coward
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John M. Coward is an associate professor of communication at the University of Tulsa. He is the author of Indians Illustrated: The Image of Native Americans in the Pictorial Press.

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