![]() ![]() Beginning with Buffalo Bill's Wild West show and Thomas Edison's kinetoscope, introduced the at the 1893 Chicago Columbian World's Exposition, American mass entertainment has been preoccupied with the drama of westward expansion and the noble savage of the American frontier. Representations of American Indians have been reworked and negotiated as they have circulated through a variety of mediums, including theatrical performances, silent films, Westerns, prime time television, independent films, advertising, sports culture, and so on. Mass-mediated representation deserves specific attention, as popular entertainment has been one of the most significant historic battlegrounds over the status of indigenous identity in American culture. The historical construction of Indian in American popular culture poses serious challenges for conducting research about representations of indigenous culture, identity, and politics. ![]()
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