Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-206) and index
Racializing Vinland: the Nordic conquest of whiteness in technicolor's The viking -- Scandinavian/American whiteface: ethnic whiteness and assimilation in Victor Sjöström's He who gets slapped -- Hotel Imperial: the border crossings of Mauritz Stiller -- Garbo talks! Scandinavians, the talkie revolution, and the crisis of foreign voice -- CharlieChan is Swedish: the Asian racial masquerades and Nordic otherness of Warner Oland -- Two-faced women: Hollywood's and Third Reich cinema's war for the Nordic female star