"Frozen in time": The impact of native American media representations on identity and self-understanding

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-53

  Leavitt, Peter A ^a   Covarrubias, Rebecca ^b   Perez, Yvonne A ^c   Fryberg, Stephanie A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL IDENTITY; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ETHNICITY; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84924463117     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/josi.12095     Document Type: Article

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