Re-Searching My Scar
Interrogating Otherness in The Searchers and in My Racial Rearing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2408549 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roy Schwartzman (0000-0003-3890-282X) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 513-517 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1532-7086 • E-ISSN: 1552-356X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1532708612457640 |
| OpenAlex | W2148508929 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
This essay juxtaposes the process of 'Othering' in the 1956 John Ford western The Searchers with my own indoctrination into White privilege as a child growing up in suburban Atlanta during the mid-to-late 1960s. The film's stark portrayal of anti-Native American attitudes confronts the problematic construction of the non-White racial 'Other' in westerns as a threat to racial and sexual purity. Its relentless pursuit of the implications of racism triggers my own confrontation with the subtle but persistent degradations of African Americans in my upbringing
Atlanta · Ideology · Indoctrination · Political science · Politics · Privilege (computing · Racial formation theory · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation · White privilege · White supremacy · American Political and Social Dynamics · Cinema and Media Studies · Race, History, and American Society · Gender Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2015 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |