The Motorcycle Diaries: Youth, Travel and Politics in Latin America

ISBN-13: 9781032126135 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 160 str.

Belgium) Lie Nadia (KU Leuven

Opis

The first monograph to examine Walter Salles’ The Motorcycle Diaries, this book explains the significance of Salles’ film with respect to the specific category of ‘youth culture’ as a historically and culturally situated concept.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Transnational Filmmaking of Walter Salles  2. Narratives of Formation in Latin America  3. Rejuvenating Che  4. The Road Movie Revisited  5. Tourism  6. Body Politics  Epilogue

O autorze

Nadia Lie is Professor of Latin American Literature and Film at KU Leuven, Belgium. Her research is about contemporary Latin American fiction, travel and interculturality. She is the author of The Latin American (Counter-) Road Movie and Ambivalent Modernity.