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UNINA9910163985303321 |
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Autore |
Lie Nadia |
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Titolo |
The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity / / by Nadia Lie |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XIV, 245 p. 19 illus., 18 illus. in color.) |
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Collana |
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New Directions in Latino American Cultures |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motion pictures, American |
Ethnology—Latin America |
Motion pictures |
Film genres |
Communication |
Latin American Cinema and TV |
Latin American Culture |
Film Theory |
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Media and Communication |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references, filmographies and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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.Introduction -- 1. Traveling Across the Continent -- 2. Nations in Crisis -- 3. The Patagonian Pull -- 4: Heading North: Undocumented Migrants on the US-Mexican Border -- 5. Homeless People Roaming the Roads -- 6. Tourism. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 mamá también 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 |
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