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

"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 s...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Rybin, Steven, 1979- (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]
Series:Star decades: American culture/American cinema.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Stardom in the 2010s / Steven Rybin
  • Joaquin Phoenix : ascendant / Brenda Austin-Smith
  • Amy Adams and Emma Stone : leaving the ingénue behind / Karen Hollinger
  • Oscar Isaac : melancholy by degrees / Rick Warner
  • Armie Hammer : the elusive appeal of a new star / David Greven
  • The multiple trajectories of transnational Hollywood stars : Marion Cotillard, Kristen Stewart / Diane Kruger, Celestino Deleyto
  • Tilda Swinton : from avant-garde androgyne to The Avengers / Jennifer O'Meara
  • Tyler Perry : Madea goes to Hollywood / Danielle E. Williams
  • Jessica Chastain and Michelle Williams : open windows / Daniel Varndell
  • The predicaments of queer stardom : Ben Wishaw, Ezra Miller, Zachary Quinto / Kyle Stevens
  • Timothée Chalamet : refashioning Hollywood masculinity / Matt Connolly
  • Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan : twenty-first century stars / Cynthia Baron
  • Natalie Portman : smart star / Steven Rybin.