Stellar Transformations : : Movie Stars of the 2010s / / ed. by Steven Rybin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2022
• MitwirkendeR: Austin-Smith, Brenda,; Baron, Cynthia,; Connolly, Matt,; Deleyto, Celestino,; Greven, David,; Hollinger, Karen,; O'Meara, Jennifer,; O’Meara, Jennifer,; Rybin, Steven,; Stevens, Kyle,; Varndell, Daniel,; Warner, Rick,; Williams, Danielle E.,
• HerausgeberIn: Rybin, Steven,
• Place / Publishing House: New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Star Decades: American Culture/American
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (230 p.) :; 47 b-w images

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.

Table of 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