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Winnetou is a fictional Native American hero of several novels written in German by Karl May (1842–1912), one of the best-selling German writers of all time with about 200 million copies worldwide, including the Winnetou trilogy. The character made his debut in the novel Old Firehand (1875).
Aug 24, 2022 · Winnetou is undergirded by fictions of white innocence – the representation of Germans as innocent of racism and genocide, as exemplified by the figure of Old Shatterhand.
Winnetou is situated in a unique role in the power struggle between the European and the non-European. He is often seen as having mentalities and beliefs that come across as more European than non-European, and therefore places him in a unique situation, that of a Noble Savage, not a 'red devil'. It is exactly this perception of North American ...
Mar 11, 2019 · Searching for Winnetou looks at the fine line between appreciation and appropriation of Indigenous traditions. Morning Edition host Stefani Langenegger said the documentary was an eye opener...
Dec 5, 2022 · A few months ago, a publisher in Germany issued a series of new Winnetou novels — but this time from the perspective of Winnetou as a child. A new movie came out at the same time, essentially doing the same. The response was not what had been anticipated: the public uproar surprised many.
Rather than demanding change regarding physical assaults on Native lands and bodies, the mascot pro-tests challenge the very rhetorical frame: the damaging narrative of In-dians as noble savages, things of the past, that perpetuates itself in main-stream popular culture and has very real deleterious ef ects on Native self- perception (Fieldman).
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Feb 24, 2017 · His character Winnetou was as famous as Harry Potter, but the life of best-selling author Karl May, born 175 years ago, remains shrouded in mystery. What is fact and what is fiction? You need to...
