PICTURING INDIANS: NATIVE AMERICANS IN FILM, 1941-1960 OFFICE SUPPLIES and Crimson Peak

and Crimson Peak

funny and candid look inside the movie business

and most recently coauthored the New York Times bestselling RISE: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now

Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Texas Press (December 10

He has been a Pushcart Prize nominee and a notable in Best American Essays for his essay “Blood

PICTURING INDIANS: NATIVE AMERICANS IN FILM, 1941-1960 OFFICE SUPPLIES and Crimson PeakStanding at the intersection of Native history, labor, and representation, Picturing Indians presents a vivid portrait of the complicated experiences of Native actors on the sets of midcentury Hollywood Westerns. This behind the scenes look at costuming, makeup, contract negotiations, and union disparities uncovers an all too familiar narrative of racism and further complicates filmmakers choices to follow mainstream representations of Indianness.