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T1 The Representation of Natives in American Culture: from the Colonial Period to Hollywood
A1 García Fombellida, Diego
A2 Universidad de Valladolid. Facultad de Filosofía y Letras
K1 Indios - América del Norte
AB Since Christopher Columbus and his expedition disembarked in the American continentin 1492, the autonomy of native population started to decrease as they were enslaved,massacred, and forced to leave their lands. Many of the written records of the timepresented the new continent as a promised land ready to be colonized, full of treasuresand opportunities. However, these vast territories were already inhabited by differentnative communities which would be despised and annihilated by the new settlers.Natives were presented as savage and barbarous creatures that had nothing in commonwith Europeans. For this reason, whites considered that they had the right to invadenative territories because they were superior to Indians, a stereotype that unfortunatelywas disseminated by the writings of the time and early cinema productions, and haslasted until our days.Keywords: American Conquest, 17th Century Writings, Hollywood Movies, Indians,Native Americans, Stereotypes.
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/18525
UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/18525
LA eng
NO Departamento de Filología Inglesa
DS UVaDOC
RD 19-may-2024