Category Archives: cinema

Authenticity and Hollywood

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The Oscars generated feelings of authenticity for me, although, to be truthful, I am often consumed with issues of authenticity.

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Indian as Suitcase

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

As I was preparing for this week’s campus-wide lecture, I realized the histories and narratives of Indians in North America are like the content s of a suitcase.

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True Grit’s Props

Posted on January 2, 2011 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The Coen brothers’ version of True Grit tells a powerful story and viewers are invited to sit back and watch as the Western unfolds.

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Disney and the Indians

Posted on October 15, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Constructing Reality My classroom has been rife with discussions about perceptions: the pictures in our heads.

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Fighting Tobacco Use in Indian Country

Posted on October 6, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Bring on the Campaign For many Indian tribes tobacco is sacred, so when anti-smoking campaigns hit Indian Country, strategists wisely invoked Native value systems to appeal to smoking cessation. Campaign strategists figured out many years ago that appealing to audiences … Continue reading →

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Imagining the Construct

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

Bloodletting as Metaphor As a sophomore in college I was introduced to George Herbert Mead and felt inspired by the notion that we create a social self that we present to the social world, and that the social self is … Continue reading →

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Thinking about Media

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The Social Community Today’s blog is a departure from science and an extension of my discussions about film.

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The Liminal Space Continued

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The Liminal Space Continued As Rachel and I deconstructed the film Reel Injun and liminal space I thought about the films that avoid the tropes of old, as noted in yesterday’s blog post.

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Filming with Broad Strokes

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

The Liminal Space My daughter Rachel and I went to see the new documentary Reel Injun last evening, a film about Indians in cinema. It’s an ideal entree for an introduction for anyone unfamiliar with the boatload of books on … Continue reading →

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The identity dialectic

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Cynthia (Istá Thó Thó) Coleman Emery

How is identity formed? In the past few months I’ve been consumed with writing about identity. Often it seems the more I read the less I know, but I carry on despite my deficits.

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