Journeys in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema: Road Films in a Global Era

by Natalia Pinazza

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349463345
• ISBN13: 9781349463343
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 187 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"