The Impact of Technological, Esthetic, Socioeconomic, and Cultural Factors on the Depiction of Minorities: 1903-1915.

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      Focuses on the historical determinants in the depiction of race and ethnicity in the American motion pictures from 1903 to 1915. Prevalence of derogatory ethnic portrayals and epithets during the period; Role of ethnic depiction in the motion picture industry's increasing sophistication; Spread of ethnic portrayals on the emergence of nickelodeons.