Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Plates and Figures -- Introduction: The Body of Medusa -- 1. China Girls in the Film Laboratory -- 2. Gone Girls of Escamontage -- 3. Gradivan Footsteps in the Film Archive -- Afterword -- Color Plates -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
Summary
Girl Head shows how gender has had a surprising and persistent role in film production processes, well before the image ever appears onscreen