Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Timeline: 2010s vii
4. Introduction: Movies and the 2010s 1
5. 2010. Movies and Recessionary Gender Politics 32
6. 2011. Movies and Masculinity at a Crossroads 55
7. 2012. Movies and Myths, Heroes, and History 75
8. 2013. Movies and Personhood 100
9. 2014. Movies and the Unexpected Virtue of How the Sausage Gets Made 123
10. 2015. Movies and Female Agency 147
11. 2016. Movies and the Solace of Progressive Narratives 172
12. 2017. Movies and the Right to Be Heard 193
13. 2018. Movies and Revolution 217
14. 2019. Movies, Anniversaries, and the Limits of Looking Back 240
15. Select Academy Awards, 2010–2019 265
16. Acknowledgments 273
17. Works Cited and Consulted 275
18. Contributors 293
19. Index 295