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Fantasies of the Master Race: Literature, Cinema and the Colonization of American Indians
Fantasies of the Master Race Literature Cinema and the Colonization of American Indians Author:Ward Churchill, M. Annette Jaimes (Editor) Fantasies of the Master Race is an examination of the connection between culture and genocide in the 500 years since Christopher Columbus came to the shores of North America. — From the introduction by M. Annette Jaimes: — "What are the more insidious stages of genocide? During each phase of the genocide of American Indians, literature, film, and ... more »the assimilation of culture have played critical rules. Literature from the very first arrival of white people on the continent has been written in the service of dominating American Indians 'to provoke and sanctify systematic warfare...' Later, literature enhanced the public zeal in 'civilizing' the savage. In the final stage, literature and the stereotyping of culture establishes complete control 'over truth and knowledge. It finally replaces troops and guns as the relevant tool of colonization'."« less