Custer's Last Sitcom: Decolonized Viewing of the Sitcom's "Indian"
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Dustin Tahmahkera
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 3, Summer, 2008, pp. 324-351
Description
Author believes televison shows dehumanize Native Americans and takes a critical look at how audiences' percieve representations, what frame of reference the audience uses to evaluate what they view, and argues that there is a need to view representations without accepting the status quo provided in encoded form.