Reading Nanook's Smile: Visual Sovereignty, Indigenous Revisions of Ethnography, and Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)

• Published in: American Quarterly
• Main Author: Raheja, Michelle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Project MUSE 2007
• Subjects: Arctic; Igloolik; inuit
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/aq.2007.0083

"Reading Nanook's Smile: Visual Sovereignty, Indigenous Revisions of Ethnography, and Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)" puts ethnography and cinematic representations of Native Americans in crucial dialogue with the work of contemporary indigenous filmmakers. The author explores what it m...