Civilized Colonialism:Pocahontasas Neocolonial Rhetoric

Abstract

This essay argues that Disney's animated film Pocahontas is a neocolonialist text that rewrites the history of American colonial encounters with Native Americans, replacing the history of mass slaughter with a cute tale that functions to “civilize” and relegitimate colonialism. The essay demonstrates how the film's romantic narrative appropriates contemporary social issues of feminism, environmentalism, and human freedom in order to make racial domination appear innocent and pure.

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