Dispositonal Meaning Making- Shivley

Meaning finding in anglos and indians

• Anglos

  • Authentic portrayal of past = NOT FUNNY

  • Narrative is affirming their own social experience- the way they are and what their ancestors did is GOOD

• Indians

  • Not authentic portrayal = FUNNY

  • Fantasy of freedom and independence

similarites in indians and anglos

• Scenery and landscape

• Action fights

• Dont like romance

differnces in heros

• Anglo hero = intelligent and integrity

• Indigenous hero = bravery and toughness

politics of percpetion

we are supposed to think that cultural objects and the meaning of cultural objects are politically infused( heterogenous perception)

Multivocality

• people bring own dispositions, and the object itself is multivocal

•  can mean anything, simultaneous meanings

cultural power

• the ability of cultural object to mean multiple things to multiple people - through multivoalcity

“Bad Fans”

people who watch things that are not in accordance to the creators intentions

• Different interpretive communities- can lead to polarization

Hostile Media Effect - NT

• you dispositpoiton on things has more influence on how you interpret things than the object itself

• in omnviore error - objects are intentionally mutlivoval- bringing art into mainstream

shively key theorteical question

How minorities participate and reowrkd the central myths of dominant culture

key finding of shivley

Groups interpreted and valued characteristics of the cultural product fit their own interests

According to shivley why are the indians today the cowboys

they Preserve some commitment to autonomous life that’s not fully tied to modern industrial society

• want to be and value being independent and free from society more than anglos do

3 important qualtites for western movies of both

• Happy ending

• Action fights

• Authentic portrayal of old west

3 least liked qualties for western movies for both

• Indians as bad guys

• Romance between hero and women

• Her rides off sunset alone

Why did the college educated Indigenous students not like western movies

• Heightened ethnic awareness interferes with their response to western

• Pointed out inaccuarces

• Education increased awareness of anti-indian bias in film