Drawing from political sociology, pop psychology, and film studies, Cinemas of Boyhood features an eclectic range of films from British and Indian cinemas to silent Hollywood and the new Hollywood of the 1980s, culminating in a comprehensive overview of the diverse concerns surrounding representations of boyhood in film.

Introduction Timothy Shary PART I Chapter 1. Transition, Crisis and Nostalgia: Youth Masculinity and Postfeminism in Contemporary Hollywood, an Analysis of Superbad Victoria Cann and Erica Horton Chapter 2. The Once and Future King: Negotiating the Survival of Boys in 1990s Cinema Katie Barnett Chapter 3. Transing Normative Boyhood Masculinity in Alain Berliner’s Ma Vie en Rose Gust A. Yep, Sage E. Russo and Ryan M. Lescure Chapter 4. Adolescent Same-Sex Romance and Non-Traditional Masculinity in Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho and Do Começo ao Fim Hannah Mueller PART II Chapter 5. The Rumble of Nostalgia: Francis Ford Coppola’s Vision of Boyhood Molly Lewis Chapter 6. Thatcher’s Sons?: 1980s Boyhood in British Cinema, 2005–2010 Andy Pope Chapter 7. When Jackie Coogan Had His Hair Cut: Masculinity, Maturity, and the Movies in the 1920s Peter W. Lee Chapter 8. “I Am Trying” to Perform Like an Ideal Boy: The Construction of Boyhood through Corporal Punishment and Educational Discipline in Taare Zameen Par Natasha Anand Chapter 9. Back in Time Yet of His Time: Marty McFly as a 1980s Teenage Boy Role Model Daniel Smith-Rowsey