Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Elephant in the Center of the Room -- 1. "I'm Sorry I Didn't Tell You about the World": Spielberg's Science-Fiction and Fantasy Films -- 2. "They Don't Know What They've Got There": Spielberg's Action/Adventure Melodramas -- 3. "Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear": Spielberg's Monster Movies -- 4. "The World Has Taken a Turn for the Surreal": Spielberg's World War II Combat Films -- 5. "Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins": Spielberg's Social Problem/Ethnic Minority Films -- 6. "Control Is Power": Imagining the Holocaust -- Filmography -- Works Cited -- Index.