Forget the Alamo: Thinking about History in John Sayles' "Lone Star"

Autor/in	Adams, Anna
Titel	Forget the Alamo: Thinking about History in John Sayles' "Lone Star"
Quelle	In: History Teacher, 40 (2007) 3, S.339-348 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-2745
Schlagwörter	Films; History Instruction; Historical Interpretation; United States History; Cultural Differences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; History lessons; Geschichtsunterricht; Historische Interpretation; Kultureller Unterschied
Abstract	John Sayles' film "Lone Star" is an excellent vehicle for teaching about the production and interpretation of history in a high school or introductory level college history class. The film illustrates that history is subjective, that the sorting and arrangement of evidence is what makes history, and that history is not necessarily an inevitable linear progression toward Western "civilization." Set in a small Texas border town of Frontera in contemporary times, "Lone Star" examines the relationship between past and present, the importance of perspective in historical accounts, and the origins of differing perspectives. Sayles has expressed his view that history is eminently revisitable, and in "Lone Star," he revisits and alters Frontera's traditionally white, Walter Prescott Webb-based history by including Mexicans, African Americans, and Native Americans as objects and subjects of history. Those who have been hidden from history, who have been excluded from the official history texts, are given equal time in Sayles' film. Sayles wants to reflect the multicultural history of the United States. (Contains 14 notes.) (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Society for History Education. California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840-1601. Tel: 562-985-2573; Fax: 562-985-5431; Web site: http://www.thehistoryteacher.org/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10