Research Catalog

Title

Settler aesthetics : visualizing the spectacle of originary moments in The new world / Mishuana Goeman.

Author

Goeman, Mishuana

Publication

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

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Details

Description

xii, 189 pages : illustrations, map; 22 cm.

Summary

• "In Settler Aesthetics, Mishuana Goeman examines Terrence Malick's film The New World (2005) and the Pocahontas narrative, analyzing the settler structures and regimes of power that sustain colonialism and empire"--
• "In Settler Aesthetics, an analysis of renowned director Terrence Malick's 2005 film, The New World, Mishuana Goeman examines the continuity of imperialist exceptionalism and settler-colonial aesthetics. The story of Pocahontas has thrived for centuries as a cover for settler-colonial erasure, destruction, and violence against Native peoples, and Native women in particular. Since the romanticized story of the encounter and relationship between Pocahontas and Captain John Smith was first published, it has imprinted a whitewashed historical memory into the minds of Americans. As one of the most enduring tropes of imperialist nostalgia in world history, Renaissance European invasions of Indigenous lands by settlers trades in a falsified "civilizational discourse" that has been a focus in literature for centuries and in films since their inception. Ironically, Malick himself was a symbol of the New Hollywood in his early career, but with The New World he created a film that serves as a buttress for racial capitalism in the Americas. Focusing on settler structures, the setup of regimes of power, sexual violence and the gendering of colonialism, and the sustainability of colonialism and empires, Goeman masterfully peels away the visual layers of settler logics in The New World, creating a language in Native American and Indigenous studies for interpreting visual media"--

Series Statement

Indigenous films

Uniform Title

Indigenous films.

Subject

• Malick, Terrence, 1943- > Criticism and interpretation
• Pocahontas, -1617 > In motion pictures
• Malick, Terrence, 1943-
• Pocahontas, -1617
• New world (Motion picture)
• Indians in motion pictures
• Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples
• Settler colonialism
• Historical films > History and criticism
• Indians in motion pictures
• Indians of North America > First contact with other peoples
• Historical films
• Motion pictures
• Settler colonialism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index.

Contents

Introduction: The Spectacle of Originary Moments -- 1. The Consumption of Mythic Romance and Innocence -- 2. Settler Aesthetics and the Making of Cinematic Geographies -- 3. Filmic Apologies and Indigenous Labor -- 4. The "New World" of Race, U.S. Law, and the Politics of Recognition -- Conclusion: Undoing the Spectacle.

Call Number

MFLP (New world) 23-4645

ISBN

• 9780803290662
• 0803290667
• 9781496238009 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781496238016 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023018047

OCLC

1369509212

Author

Goeman, Mishuana, author.

Title

Settler aesthetics : visualizing the spectacle of originary moments in The new world / Mishuana Goeman.

Publisher

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Indigenous films

Indigenous films.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-179) and index.

Other Form:

Online version: Goeman, Mishuana. Settler aesthetics. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023] 9781496238009 (OCoLC)1402021899

Sudoc No.

U5002 T442 .0005 -2023 nbdocs

Research Call Number

MFLP (New world) 23-4645