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From: Michael 
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Subject: Film and History Conference


Please post the following CFP for the upcoming Film and History conference.
Thank You,

Michael Baldwin
Dept. of English
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK  74078


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:

 

-    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 

-    Documentaries about the American Indian: Nanook to the Present

 

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

 

Michael Baldwin

Dept. of English

Oklahoma State University

Stillwater, OK  74078

405-372-1863

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SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  August 15, 2002

 

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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