Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index
Introduction: embodying cinema -- Performing body, performing image: race and the boundaries of early cinematic narrative -- Face, race, and screen: close-ups and the transition to the feature film -- Recasting shadows: race, image, and audience -- "Cinema at its source": synchronizing race and sound in the early talkies -- Conclusion: red, white, and blue: digital cinema, race, and avatar.
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