Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; Chapter 1 Introduction; Demons and Angels in Blackface; References; Chapter 2 The Natives Are Still Restless: Black Representation in Whitened Africa from Tarzan to Mandela; References; Chapter 3 A King Among Bit Players: Noble Johnson and the Art of Racial Ambiguity; References; Chapter 4 Also Known as Rochester: Eddie Anderson, Black Stardom and World War II; References; Chapter 5 Tall and Black in the Saddle: How African-American Cowboys Rode Out of the Shadows and into the Sunset; References

Chapter 6 Due Afro-Americani a Roma: John Kitzmiller, Woody Strode and Remoulding Stereotypes in Italian Popular CinemaReferences; Chapter 7 Bond and Blackness: Challenging Racial Schism in the 007 Universe; References; Chapter 8 Leaving the Overlook: Black heroism and white nightmare in The Shining; References; Chapter 9 Saving the World for White Folks? Will Smith Racialises Science Fiction as Black Man and Man in Black; Coda; References; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Titles