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INTRODUCTION: AN ELUSIVE PASSAGE

1    MORTAL RECOIL: EARLY AMERICAN EXECUTION SCENES AND THE ELECTRIC CHAIR

2    POSTHUMOUS MOTION: THE DEATHWORK OF NARRATIVE EDITING

3    ECHO AND HUM: DEATH’S ACOUSTIC SPACE IN THE EARLY SOUND FILM

4    SECONDS: THE FLASHBACK LOOP AND THE POSTHUMOUS VOICE

5    TERMINAL SCREENS: CINEMATOGRAPHY AND ELECTRIC DEATH

CODA: END(INGS)

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