Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Why Pearl? / Marina Dahlquist -- Changing views and perspectives: translating Pearl White's American adventures in wartime France / Rudmer Canjels -- "The best-known woman in the world": Pearl White and the American serial film in Sweden / Marina Dahlquist -- Pearl, the swift one, or the extraordinary adventures of Pearl White in France / Monica Dall'Asta -- "The most assassinated woman in the world": Pearl White and the first avant-garde / Christina Petersen -- Fascinations for the nation: American serial film, Czechoslovakia, and the afterlives of Pearl White / Kevin B. Johnson -- Not quite (Pearl) White: fearless Nadia, queen of the stunts / Rosie Thomas -- From Pearl White to White Rose Woo: tracing the vernacular body of Nüxia in Chinese silent cinema, 1927-1931 / Weihong Bao.

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The American action film serials of the 1910s featured exciting stunts, film tricks, and effects set against the background of modern technology, often starring resourceful female heroines who displayed traditionally male qualities such as endurance, strength, and authority. The most renowned of these "serial queens" was Pearl White, whose career as the adventurous character Pauline developed during a transitional phase in the medium. This collection of essays explores the serial genre and its narrative patterns, marketing, and cultural reception, and historiographic importance.

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