Journeys in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema [electronic resource] : Road Films in a Global Era /
Pinazza, Natalia.author.
Many South American films that use the popular road movie format to examine regional culture and attitudes, especially in Argentina and Brazil. Pinazza performs a careful cultural analysis of the films and investigates how road movies deal with narratives on nationhood whilst simultaneously inserting themselves in a transnational dialogue.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 National and Transnational Film Studies; Chapter 2 Home: National Crisis, Fragmented Family, and Death; Chapter 3 Europe as Destination and Point of Departure; Chapter 4 Bordercrossing in the Southern Cone; Chapter 5 The Return to the Sertão and Patagonia; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Many South American films that use the popular road movie format to examine regional culture and attitudes, especially in Argentina and Brazil. Pinazza performs a careful cultural analysis of the films and investigates how road movies deal with narratives on nationhood whilst simultaneously inserting themselves in a transnational dialogue.
Motion pictures and television.
Motion pictures—History.
America—History.
Arts.
Political science.
Screen Studies.
Film History.
History of the Americas.
Arts.
Political Science.