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As analyzed in this study, from its most familiar origins in Hollywood the road movie has become a global film practice, whether as a vehicle for exploring the relationship between various national contexts and American cinema, as a means of narrating different national and continental histories, or as a form of individual filmmaking expression

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Acknowledgements Introduction: A Road Map for the Road Movie 1. Looking for America-Part One: The US Road Movie 2. Looking for America-Part Two: The Latin American Road Movie 3. The Automobile and the Auteur: Global Cinema and the Road Movie 4. From Parody to Post-Postmodernity: New Directions in the Road Movie Conclusion: Born to Be Wild, Again Bibliography Index

The Road Movie

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/01/2016
      ISBN13: 9780231176477, 978-0231176477
      ISBN10: 0231176473
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      As analyzed in this study, from its most familiar origins in Hollywood the road movie has become a global film practice, whether as a vehicle for exploring the relationship between various national contexts and American cinema, as a means of narrating different national and continental histories, or as a form of individual filmmaking expression

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Introduction: A Road Map for the Road Movie 1. Looking for America-Part One: The US Road Movie 2. Looking for America-Part Two: The Latin American Road Movie 3. The Automobile and the Auteur: Global Cinema and the Road Movie 4. From Parody to Post-Postmodernity: New Directions in the Road Movie Conclusion: Born to Be Wild, Again Bibliography Index

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