Robert Aldrich’s "Apache" – an approval for Native American assimilation in the Fifties?

Term Paper , 2009 , 18 Pages

American Studies - Literature

According to recent media studies, we see the movie still as one of the most influential mediums of our everyday life, therefore a comprehensive analytical study of movies and their depiction of minorities can reveal how we perceive or perceived these social groups. This paper focuses on the depiction of Native Americans in the Fifties, the last years of racial segregation in the US on the basis of Aldrich's Apache from 1954.

Contents

I. Introduction

II. Analysis of the scene
A) Description of the scene
B) Interpretation of the scene
C) Place of the scene within the entire movie

III. Native American life during the post-war period

IV. Robert Aldrich’s Apache – an approval for Native
American assimilation in the Fifties?

Appendix

Works Cited

• College: Ruhr-University of Bochum
• Author: Moritz Tonk (Author)
• Publication Year: 2009
• Pages: 18
• Catalog Number: V167204
• ISBN (eBook): 9783640835799
• ISBN (Book): 9783640835874
• Language: German
• Tags: Indianer, Hollywood, Kino, Amerika, Fünfziger