1st Edition
The Motorcycle Diaries Youth, Travel and Politics in Latin America
By Nadia Lie
Copyright 2023
122 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
122 Pages
24 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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.
The Motorcycle Diaries looks at the film’s engagement with ‘emerging adulthood’, the importance of travel as a source of self-discovery, and the film’s impact on... Read more
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
Biography
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.
