Mixed feelings about Pocahontas
Speaker critiques Indian portrayals
As part of Jamestown 2007 events, an anthropologist says that most films ignore the realities of American Indian life.Q: Do you think that contradiction is symbolic of America in a lot of ways?
A: The Pocahontas story is symbolic of many aspects of American history, and that's why I think it's been retold through so many generations in so many different ways. It's a romantic story about the way things might have been.
And so I think in telling that romantic story, Disney is invoking a sense of loss and nostalgia that many Americans have for a past that might have been more peaceful and more environmentally conscious.
But also they're marketing it in a way that's entirely part of the culture that came to dominate the continent. So yes, I would say it's symbolic of the sort of mixed feelings that many Americans have toward their past. 
As part of Jamestown 2007 events, an anthropologist says that most films ignore the realities of American Indian life.
A: The Pocahontas story is symbolic of many aspects of American history, and that's why I think it's been retold through so many generations in so many different ways. It's a romantic story about the way things might have been.
And so I think in telling that romantic story, Disney is invoking a sense of loss and nostalgia that many Americans have for a past that might have been more peaceful and more environmentally conscious.
But also they're marketing it in a way that's entirely part of the culture that came to dominate the continent. So yes, I would say it's symbolic of the sort of mixed feelings that many Americans have toward their past.
posted by Rob at 8:00 PM
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