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Native Americans in Comic Books
A Critical Study
Michael A. Sheyahshe

ISBN 978-0-7864-3565-4
57 photos, tables, appendices, bibliography, index
223pp. hardcover (7 x 10) 2008

Description
This work takes an in-depth look at the world of comic books through the eyes of a Native American reader and offers frank commentary on the medium’s cultural representation of the Native American people. It addresses a range of portrayals, from the bloodthirsty barbarians and noble savages of dime novels, to formulaic secondary characters and sidekicks, and, occasionally, protagonists sans paternal white hero, examining how and why Native Americans have been consistently marginalized and misrepresented in comics. Chapters cover early representations of Native Americans in popular culture and newspaper comic strips, the Fenimore Cooper legacy, the "white" Indian, the shaman, revisionist portrayals, and Native American comics from small publishers, among other topics.

About the Author
Michael A. Sheyahshe is a member of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma. He has written for Illusions, Trauma Magazine, Native Peoples, and Games for Windows: The Official Magazine. He is a trustee of the Caddo Nation’s Heritage Museum and is enrolled in an MFA program at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.



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