Stellar transformations : movie stars of the 2010s / edited by Steven Rybin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rybin, Steven, 1979- editor.

Series:

Star Decades: American Culture/American Cinema

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Biography.

Motion picture actors and actresses.

Celebrities--United States.

Celebrities.

Fame.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 pages)

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Stellar Transformations: Movie Stars of the 2010s circles around questions of stardom, performance, and their cultural contexts in ways that remind us of the alluring magic of stars while also bringing to the fore the changing ways in which viewers engaged with them during the last decade. A salient idea that guides much of the collection is the one of transformation, expressed in these pages as the way in which post-millennial movie stars are in one way or another reshaping ideas of performance and star presence, either through the self-conscious revision of aspects of their own personas or in redirecting or progressing some earlier aspect of the culture. Including a diverse lineup of stars such as Oscar Isaac, Kristen Stewart, Tilda Swinton, and Tyler Perry, the chapters in Stellar Transformations paint the portrait of the meaning of star images during the complex decade of the 2010s, and in doing so will offer useful case studies for scholars and students engaged in the study of stardom, celebrity, and performance in cinema.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION Stardom in the 2010s

Chapter 1 Joaquin Phoenix: Ascendant

Chapter 2 Amy Adams and Emma Stone: Escaping the Ingénue

Chapter 3 Oscar Isaac: Brooding by Degrees

Chapter 4 Armie Hammer: The Elusive Appeal of an Ever-Emergent Star

Chapter 5 The Multiple Trajectories of Transnational Hollywood Stars: Marion Cotillard, Kristen Stewart, Diane Kruger

Chapter 6 Tilda Swinton: From Avant-Garde Androgyne to The Avengers

Chapter 7 Tyler Perry: The Multihyphenate Lane Changer

Chapter 8 Jessica Chastain and Michelle Williams: Open Windows

Chapter 9 The Predicaments of Queer Stardom: Ben Whishaw, Zachary Quinto, Ezra Miller

Chapter 10 Timothée Chalamet: Refashioning Hollywood Masculinity

Chapter 11 Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan: Twenty-First-Century Stars

Chapter 12 Natalie Portman: Smart Star

IN THE WINGS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

WORKS CITED

CONTRIBUTORS

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-9788-1833-5

1-9788-1835-1

OCLC:

1276852799