An Amorous History of the Silver Screen

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One - The Vernacular Scene
1. Vernacular Modernism and Cinematic Embodiment
2. Worldly Shanghai, Metropolitan Spectators
3. Teahouse, Shadowplay, and Laborer's Love
4. Building a Film World: Distraction versus Education
Part Two - Competing Moderns
5. Screenwriting, Trick Photography, and Melodramatic Retribution
6. The Anarchic Body Language of the Martial Arts Film
7. Fighting over the Modern Girl: Hard and Soft Films
8. Song at Midnight: Acoustic Horror and the Grotesque Face of History
Envoi
Abbreviations
Notes
Glossary
Filmography
Bibliography
Index