Description
Book SynopsisTrade Review"
The Cinema and Its Shadow will make it impossible to teach and write about the narrative/technological history of cinema without paying attention to race. This is a wonderful book." —Sabine Haenni, author of
The Immigrant Scene: Ethnic Amusements in New York, 1880-1920"An excellent volume for anyone interested in early cinema, racial representation, and cinematic technology."—CHOICE
"Alice Maurice’s scholarship is deftly written and phenomenally useful to those who study American racism."—Journal of American Culture
"Presents a challenging and unique approach not only to black film studies and Asian film studies but also to the study of cinema as a whole."—Black Camera
Table of Contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Embodying Cinema
1. Performing Body, Performing Image: Race and the Boundaries of Early Cinematic Narrative
2. Face, Race, and Screen: Close-ups and the Transition to the Feature Film
3. Recasting Shadows: Race, Image, and Audience
4. “Cinema at Its Source”: Synchronizing Race and Sound in the Early Talkies
Conclusion: RED, White, and Blue: Digital Cinema, Race, and Avatar
Notes
Filmography
Index
