cinema Archives - News and Media /news/tag/cinema/ Augsburg University Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:36:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Elise Marubbio discusses on-screen portrayal of American Indians /news/2015/04/29/elise-marubbio/ Wed, 29 Apr 2015 17:43:53 +0000 http://www.augsburg.edu/news/?p=5841 Elise Marubbio, associate professor of American Indian Studies, shed light on the history of American Indians in film in the wake of a social media frenzy regarding a group of American Indian actors who walked off the set of an Adam Sandler movie due to its portrayal of faulty stereotypes. Marubbio’s doctoral work in Cultural Studies ...

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]]> Elise Marubbio, associate professor of American Indian Studies, shed light on the history of American Indians in film in the wake of a social media frenzy regarding a group of American Indian actors who walked off the set of an Adam Sandler movie due to its portrayal of faulty stereotypes. Marubbio’s doctoral work in Cultural Studies focused on the issues of race in film and media, with particular attention to the representation of Native Americans in American popular culture and Hollywood cinema.

In the article, “Adam Sandler movie flap sparks debate over American Indian roles in media,” Marubbio explained that tribes of the Great Plains often are portrayed living in Monument Valley – the legendary site of many John Wayne-John Ford movies, which is located on the Arizona-Colorado border, largely on the Navajo reservation.

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