UPDATE: The Image of Native Americans in the Western Film (9/15/02; Film & History, 11/7/02-11/10/02)

From: Michael (mick@cowboy.net)
Date: Tue Aug 20 2002 - 09:18:27 EDT


Deadline extended to 9/15/02.

CFP: The Image of Native Americans in the Western Film

Film and history Conference: The American West(s) in Film, TV, and =
History
Kansas City Marrriott (Country Club Plaza), Kansas City, MO

November 7-10, 2002

www.filmandhistory.org

Some Suggestions to consider:

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- Changing American Indian Stereotypes in Western film

- History of politics in American Indian image in film

- American Indian films like Powwow Highway or Smoke Signals

- Polonsky's Tell Them Willie Boy is Here

- The Vanishing American

- The politics of "Indian hating" and filmmaking

- Any papers on American Indians in film and/or TV=20

- Documentaries about the American Indian: Nanook to the Present

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Please send a brief (150-250 word) abstract (email preferred) with short =
bio to

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Michael Baldwin

Dept. of English

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK 74078

405-372-1863

mick@cowboy.net

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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: September 15, 2002

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This national conference is sponsored by The Film and History League. =
Please see the Film and History website for details on registration and =
special events including the keynote speaker, John Cawelti, author of =
The Six-Gun Mystique.

www.filmandhistory.org

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