Dissertation
I Don't Remember the Fire, I Only Have The Stories: The Handsome Man and Wasteland’s Move Toward Decolonizing Native American Representation in Film
Washington State University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
2023
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.7273/000004990
Abstract
Indigenous representation in film and media has a fraught history stemming from colonization and the myth of the “Vanishing Indian.” Native American writers, filmmakers, storytellers, and activists have provided a safe harbor in the storm for weary travelers to rest, while Indigenous theorists and activists have created frameworks for considering both Indigenous-exploiting and Indigenous-led filmmaking. My dissertation consists of a report on the ways in which this scholarship has aided my filmmaking journey, my point of view on filmmaking as an Indigenous woman, and an analysis of two short films I produced as a Creative Dissertation, Wasteland and The Handsome Man. Through this analysis, I discuss Native women’s roles and representation, historical trauma and colonization, and the pathway I have found toward more earnest and uplifting representation. This dissertation posits that when Indigenous people tell our own stories, our own way, everyone wins.
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- Title
- I Don't Remember the Fire, I Only Have The Stories
- Creators
- Misty Lynn Ellingburg
- Contributors
- Pavithra Narayanan (Advisor)Roger Whitson (Committee Member)Donna Potts (Committee Member)Carol Siegel (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- English, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 70
- Identifiers
- 99901019637501842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation