Prelude – Introduction: Marlene Dietrich's appropriations / Mary R. Desjardins and Gerd Gemünden
Falling in love again / Steven Bach
Dietrich's face / Lutz Koepnick
The legs of Marlene Dietrich / Nora M. Alter
Marlene Dietrich: The voice as mask / Amy Lawrence
II. Establishing the star persona
Playing Garbo: How Marlene Dietrich conquered Hollywood / Joseph Garncarz
Seductive departures of Marlene Dietrich: Exile and stardom in The Blue Angel / Elisabeth Bronfen
The Blue Angel in multiple-language versions: The inner thighs of Miss Dietrich / Patrice Petro
Marlene Dietrich in Blonde Venus: Advertising Dietrich in seven markets / Mary Beth Haralovich
Marlene Dietrich: The prodigal daughter / Erica Carter
III. "Marlene has sex but no gender"
Marlene Dietrich and the erotics of code-bound Hollywood / Gaylyn Studlar
"It's not often that I want a man": Reading for a queer Marlene / Alice A. Kuzniar
Get/away: structure and desire in Rancho Notorious / Mark Williams
IV. (Auto- ) biography and the archive
The order of knowledge and experience: Marlene Dietrich's ABC / Amelie Hastie
Dietrich dearest: Family memoir and the fantasy of origins / Mary R. Desjardins
An icon between the fronts: Vilsmaier's recast Marlene / Eric Rentschler
"Life goes on without me": Marlene Dietrich, old age, and the archive / Judith Mayne
Homage, impersonation, and magic: An interview with James Beaman / Judith Mayne
"Is that me?": The Marlene Dietrich collection Berlin / Werner Sudendorf.