Journeys in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema

Journeys in Argentine and Brazilian Cinema
Author: Natalia Pinazza
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 197
Release: 2014-10-16
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1137336048

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.