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The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity
Nadia Lie
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Description for The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity
Hardback. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 245 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; APFN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 467.
This book offers a comprehensive and systematic overview of the flourishing genre of the contemporary Latin American road movie, of which Diarios de motocicleta and Y tu mama tambien are only the best-known examples. It offers the first systematic survey of the genre and explains why the road movie is key to contemporary Latin American cinema and society. Proposing the new category of counter-road movie, and paying special attention to the genre's intricate relationship to modernity, Nadia Lie charts the variety of the road movie through films by both renowned and emerging filmmakers. The Latin American (Counter-) Road ... Read more
This book offers a comprehensive and systematic overview of the flourishing genre of the contemporary Latin American road movie, of which Diarios de motocicleta and Y tu mama tambien are only the best-known examples. It offers the first systematic survey of the genre and explains why the road movie is key to contemporary Latin American cinema and society. Proposing the new category of counter-road movie, and paying special attention to the genre's intricate relationship to modernity, Nadia Lie charts the variety of the road movie through films by both renowned and emerging filmmakers. The Latin American (Counter-) Road ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
New Directions in Latino American Cultures
Condition
New
Number of Pages
245
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319435534
SKU
V9783319435534
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About Nadia Lie
Nadia Lie is Professor of Latin American Literature and Film at KU Leuven, Belgium.
Reviews for The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity
Thanks to the extent of the author's investigation we can comprehend the cultural imagery and the social and political panorama of the Latin American road movie. ... This book will provide invaluable interpretations for students and scholars of Latin American film and of the road movie as a very engaging genre. (Rhoda Desbordes-Vela, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and ... Read more