American Indian, The: Reality and Stereotype

Synopsis: Concentrates on a range of artefacts and visual materials, including a medal, a tomahawk, a peace-pipe, paintings, lithographs and photographs. These sources tell us something of actual events and give insights into the sort of stereotypes about the Indian which had been developed by the white man. Shows how the images of the Indian accepted and popularised by white Americans, from dangerous savage to inevitably-doomed vanishing American, helped to fuel the spirit of ‘manifest destiny’ and the belief in inevitable and righteous triumph of the white American over the sub-continent.
Series: Themes in British and American History: A Comparative Approach C1760-1970, Course A317
Language: English
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
Year of production: 1984
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Subjects: History
Keywords: Indians of North & South America

Producer

Peter Walton

Writer

Herman J Viola

Contributor

Daniel J Leab

Cast

Herman J Viola

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