FILM 2401 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Baby Boomers, Westerns On Television, Mob Film
28 Nov 2012
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Chapter 9- the post war hollywood western film and tv westerns. Prior to wwii it is very difficult to see positive images of native americans in western films. During the war this created awkwardness around the issue of the history of the treatment of native americans by whites. It did not sit well with the message that. Americans wanted to send to the rest of the world about the importance of stopping the overly racist policies of their enemies, imperial japan and nazi germany. The early westerns often pitted the natives against the whites in a battle between. Civilization and savagery. this became more and more untenable as the war progressed. An early series of defeats for the us military in the pacific theatre of operations during. Wwii caused difficulties for filmmakers (troubles with making war movies that were realistic yet potentially morale-boosting).
